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All the tips and tools you need to realize the goal of balanced literacy learning. Students learn to read and write best when their teachers balance literacy instruction. Best-selling authors Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Nancy Akhavan help you strike the
right balance of skills and knowledge, reading and writing, small and whole group instruction, and direct and dialogic instruction, so that all students can learn to their maximum potential. Using this essential guide, tap your intuition, collaborate with your peers, and put the research-based strategies embedded within to work in your classroom for a strong and successful balanced literacy program.
List of contents
Chapter 1 - Defining Balance, Finding Balance
Chapter 2 - Whole Class Reading Instruction: High-Level Support for Learning
Chapter 3 - Whole Class Writing Instruction: High-Level Support for Learning
Chapter 4 - Collaborative Reading and Writing: Learning in the Company of Peers
Chapter 5 - Small Group Reading Instruction: Targeted Support Through Guided Learning
Chapter 6 - Small Group Writing Instruction: Targeted Support Through Guided Learning
Chapter 7 - Independent Reading: Practicing, Applying, and Extending Learning
Chapter 8 - Independent Writing Instruction: Practicing, Applying, and Extending Learning
Chapter 9 - Assessment and Intervention in the Balanced Literacy Classroom: Noticing and Responding to Students¿ Needs
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About the author
Douglas Fisher is professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously, Doug was an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. He is a credentialed English teacher and administrator in California. In 2022, he was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame by the Literacy Research Association. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, differentiated instruction, and curriculum design, as well as books such as
The Teacher Clarity Playbook 2/e, Your Introduction to PLC+, The Illustrated Guide to Teacher Credibility, The Teaching Reading Playbook, and
Welcome to Teaching!.
