How to Reach and Teach All Children Through Balanced Literacy

<i>How to Reach and Teach All Children Through Balanced Literacy</i> offers you a handbook for teaching literacy to diverse students in grades 3-8. The balanced literacy method combines the best practices of phonics and other skill-based language instruction with the holistic, literature-based approach in order to help you teach reading, writing, and speaking in a clear and approachable format. <p>This dynamic resource offers an easily accessible research-based approach to balanced literacy that is grounded in the innovative ideas developed by authors Sandra F. Rief and Julie A. Heimburge. The book includes detailed descriptions of what a balanced literacy classroom looks like and shows how to create a program from the ground up or give your existing program a boost. The book can be used across content areas and is filled with reproducible worksheets, activities, and other handy classroom tools. Some topics covered include:</p> <ul> <li>Shared book experiences</li> <li>Reading aloud</li> <li>Oral language and vocabulary development</li> <li>Guided reading for comprehension</li> <li>Modeled writing</li> <li>Reading and writing conferences</li> <li>Book clubs</li> <li>Content area reading and writing</li> <li>Ongoing assessments</li> <li>Enhancing literacy through technology</li> </ul>