Elfrieda H. Hiebert

Bob Egan

Two boys start popping popcorn which pops so much it fills the room.

Pop Pops the Popcorn

Carolyn Clark

That Pig Can't Do a Thing

Fay Robinson

A learn-to-read book about animals and their tails.

Who Has a Tail?

F. R. Robinson

Pat makes her own special pizza, with words starting with "P."

Pat's Perfect Pizza

Sheila Valencia

Presenting nine case studies describing new assessment efforts, this book is designed to foster communication and dialogue about the products and the processes of development. Comprehensive introductory and concluding chapters examine the background of and future challenges facing authentic assessment. Intermediate chapters discusses authentic assessment in the classroom, beyond the classroom, and large-scale authentic assessment. Chapters in the book are: (1) "Definitions and Perspectives" (Elfrieda H. Hiebert and others); (2) "Literacy Portfolios: Windows on Potential" (Jane Hansen, with commentary by Robert J. Marzano); (3) "Assessment and Evaluation of Literacy Learning" (Jan Hancock and others, with commentary by John J. Pikulski); (4) "Rhode Island's Literacy Portfolio Assessment Project" (Mary Ann Snider and others, with commentary by Robert C. Calfee); (5) "Portfolio Assessment: Experiences at the Kamehameha Elementary Education Program" (Kathryn H. Au, with commentary by Ileana Seda); (6) "Literacy Portfolios for Teaching, Learning, and Accountability: The Bellevue Literacy Assessment Project" (Sheila W. Valencia and Nancy A. Place, with commentary by Kenneth P. Wolf); (7) "A Multilayered Assessment Package" (Teri Bembridge, with commentary by Marjorie Y. Lipson); (8) "California's New English-Language Arts Assessment" (Barbara Weiss, with commentary by P. David Pearson); (9) "Redesigning Teaching and Learning: The Arizona Student Assessment Program" (Mary W. Garcia and Kathy Verville, with commentary by Charles W. Peters); (10); "The Maryland School Performance Assessment Program: A New View of Assessment" (Barbara A. Kapinus and others, with commentary by Karen K. Wixson); and (11) "Realizing the Possibilities of Authentic Assessment: Current Trends and Future Issues" (Sheila W. Valencia and others). (RS)

Practices and Possibilities

Authentic Reading Assessment

Teaching students specific literacy skills is important--but equally critical, and often overlooked, is giving them the time and opportunity to read actual texts. Bringing together leading scholars, this book focuses on how teachers can improve both the quality and quantity of reading experiences in K-12 classrooms. Essential topics include factors that make reading tasks more or less productive for different types of learners, ways to balance independent reading with whole-class and small-group instruction, how to choose appropriate texts, and the connections between reading engagement and proficiency. The relevant research literature is reviewed, and exemplary practices and programs are described.

Reading More, Reading Better

Taffy Raphael

Early literacy instruction is one of the most fundamental goals of schooling, and one that sets the stage for students' lifelong learning and success. The text encompasses standards for early literacy instruction, instructional strategies, alternative assessment procedures, strategies for making program connections, and ways to integrate children's home literacy into the classroom. Each chapter opens with vignettes to emphasize key points in the text, and offers instruction on how teachers can create classrooms that immerse children in theoretically-sound, meaningful literacy though events, lessons, and activities. This engaging, user-friendly book makes the ideas on theory and practice readily accessible to those interested in helping young children learn to read.

Early Literacy Instruction

P. David Pearson

Research-Based Practices for Teaching Common Core Literacy

Kathleen Wilson

Vultures on Vacation

Douglas Ray Reutzel

Literacy leaders come together to give advice about silent reading instruction and how to make it work in your classroom. --from publisher description.

New Directions for Teachers and Researchers

Revisiting Silent Reading

Michael L. Kamil

Although proficiency in vocabulary has long been recognized as basic to reading proficiency, there has been a paucity of research on vocabulary teaching and learning over the last two decades. Recognizing this, the U.S. Department of Education recently sponsored a Focus on Vocabulary conference that attracted the best-known and most active researchers in the vocabulary field. This book is the outgrowth of that conference. It presents scientific evidence from leading research programs that address persistent issues regarding the role of vocabulary in text comprehension. Part I examines how vocabulary is learned; Part II presents instructional interventions that enhance vocabulary; and Part III looks at which words to choose for vocabulary instruction. Other key features of this timely new book include: *Broad Coverage. The book addresses the full range of students populating current classrooms--young children, English Language Learners, and young adolescents. *Issues Focus. By focusing on persistent issues from the perspective of critical school populations, this volume provides a rich, scientific foundation for effective vocabulary instruction and policy. *Author Expertise. Few volumes can boast of a more luminous cast of contributing authors (see table of contents). This book is suitable for anyone (graduate students, in-service reading specialists and curriculum directors, college faculty, and researchers) who deals with vocabulary learning and instruction as a vital component of reading proficiency.

Bringing Research to Practice

Teaching and Learning Vocabulary

Misty Sailors

Until now, no single volume has comprehensively examined the crucial question of how to select the most appropriate reading material for beginning or struggling readers. From leading authorities, this book meets an important need by reviewing the best available research on the role of specific text features a " including linguistic and conceptual content a " in supporting the development of proficient reading. Also explored are ways that teacher scaffolding can help students who have difficulties with particular aspects or types of texts. The book considers approaches to adapting the design and selection of texts to reinforce reading skills and provide well-paced challenges for Ka "6 students at a variety of ability levels.

What Works for Beginning and Struggling Readers

Finding the Right Texts

Research shows that vocabulary is the best support for students’ comprehension of narrative and information texts. Often, vocabulary instruction focuses on a few target words in specific texts. However, to understand the many new words in complex texts students need to know how words work. This book, written by an award-winning authority on reading instruction, shows teachers how to make small changes to teach more words and also how words work. Many of these small changes involve enrichments to existing vocabulary practices, such as word walls and conversations with students. Each chapter includes descriptions of teachers’ implementation of small changes to support big gains in students’ vocabulary. This book, which has sufficient depth in research and theory for graduate and undergraduate courses in vocabulary instruction, also offers practical steps that K–8 teachers can use in any reading program to help all students grow their vocabulary. Teaching Words and How They Work shows teachers how to: Identify the most important word families to teach. Teach students to use opening text as background knowledge for comprehending the rest of the text. Use word walls with more purpose and greater student engagement. Select the right words to teach from new information texts. Better understand limitations of leveled texts and how to adjust. Use assets and address challenges to support English learners. Access free mentor and teacher resources online at textproject.org.

Small Changes for Big Vocabulary Results

Teaching Words and How They Work

Deborah Eaton

Flip's Trick

Barbara Taylor

Barbara M. Taylor

This edited book brings together descriptions of seven literacy intervention programs used by experts to prevent early reading failure in grades K-1. Programs focus on story book reading and writing with attention to word-level strategies, and are developmental, not remedial. Early childhood literacy, diagnosis and treatment of reading difficulties.

Elfrieda H. Hiebert

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