Author Description

Updated and extensively revised, with new material throughout, Effective Literacy Instruction, K-8, Fourth Edition, features: a balanced philosophical approach that addresses changing classroom environments, new demands on teachers and learners, and new insights and directions in the field; systematically integrated instructional strategies and activities for incorporating new technologies such as the internet, and numerous activities in which using technology is one of several options, as the authors continue to value and build upon accepted practices for literacy instruction; a more extensive treatment of literacy frameworks, including strategies and activities that help readers develop thoughtful, informed opinions and practices consistent with their beliefs about how students learn to read; thoroughly revised chapters on decoding and the development of literacy classroom organization and supporting literacy with computers and related technologies as well as substantive changes in every chapter; and authentic voices from the classroom, with e-mails from preservice and inservice teachers, and photo essays and vignettes from experienced elementary school teachers which share insights and classroom-tested strategies for effective literacy instruction.