Presents a social constructivist approach to the teaching of reading. Includes theory, curriculum, two case studies, and material on comprehension and assessment within whole literary environments.

Creating an Integrated Approach to Literacy Instruction (The Harcourt Brace Literacy Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Raphael, Taffy E.

Hiebert, Elfrida H.

Social Sciences

Wadsworth Publishing

QAR, Question Answer Relationship, is a powerful, research-based approach for improving reading comprehension that has been helping students become better readers for more than 20 years. Now, QAR’s creator, Taffy Raphael and coauthors Kathy Au and Kathy Highfield, have written a comprehensive guide that reflects on two decades of classroom application and expands on the original thinking behind QAR. In this highly practical resource, they show how QAR provides a framework for organizing questioning activities and comprehension instruction, how it aligns with state standards and assessments, and how you can easily integrate it across all the content areas. With the unprecedented emphasis on reading comprehension, increased expectations for all students, and greater demands for teacher accountability, this in-depth resource is needed now more than ever. For use with Grades K-8.

QAR Now: A Powerful and Practical Framework That Develops Comprehension and Higher-Level Thinking in All Students (Theory and Practice)

Education & Teaching

Highfield, Kathy

Au, Kathryn H.

Schools & Teaching

Theory and Practice

This accessible book will help elementary school teachers improve literacy instruction inside or outside the Common Core environment. The authors address teachers’ instructional needs by introducing key concepts from current trends in literacy education―from high-level standards to the use of 21st-century literacies. Readers then follow teachers as they successfully implement the curriculum they developed to promote high-level thinking and engagement with disciplinary content. The text focuses on three disciplinary literacy units of instruction: a science unit in a 2nd-grade classroom, a social studies (history) unit in a 4th-grade classroom, and a mathematics unit in a 6th-grade classroom. Each unit revolves around a central inquiry question and includes research-based strategies for using reading, writing, and classroom talk as tools to foster disciplinary understandings. This unique, insider’s look at how real teachers build and implement a Common Core–aligned curriculum will be an invaluable resource for teachers, schools, and districts as they move forward to align their own curricula. Book Features: <ul>
<li> A clear, concise overview of the teaching requirements of the Common Core.</li> <li> Research-based approaches for using the English language arts to learn science, math, and history. </li> <li> Cases from urban schools representing the full range of literacy achievement levels. </li> <li> Models of disciplinary units of study with guidance to help teachers create their own.</li>
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Engaging Students in Disciplinary Literacy, K-6: Reading, Writing, and Teaching Tools for the Classroom (Common Core State Standards in Literacy Series)

Goatley, Virginia J.

Brock, Cynthia H.

Trost, Elisabeth

Weber Consulting, C M.

Teachers' College Press

Book by Raphael, Taffy E., Florio-Ruane, Susan, George, Marianne, Hasty, Nina, Highfield, Kathy

Book Club Plus! a Literacy Framework for the Primary Grades

Florio-Ruane, Susan

George, Marianne

Hasty, Nina

Small Planet Communications

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