Textbook

Literate Lives: Teaching Reading and Writing in Elementary Classrooms

ISBN: 978-0-471-65298-4

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464 pages

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Each chapter opens with a vignette highlighting teaching decisions made by current teachers and reading specialists in the field.
Following the vignette, "I Wonder" questions are asked to generate reflective thinking. The vignette and follow up questions set the stage for the key concepts that are introduced in the chapter.
Creating Connections boxes are integrated throughout the chapters. These are tasks that a student teacher can do or questions they can think about to bring the text material closer to them personally.
Did You Know is a feature that offers interesting and relevant information about various aspects of teaching literacy. These are often useful topics for further class discussion.
A Chapter Overview further introduces the chapter theme and asks several Guiding Questions for students to think about as they progress through each chapter.
Marginal Technology Links in every chapter that give students additional web resources for research and important information relevant to the chapter topics.
Realia: examples of real student work illustrate the text. These examples provide an important visual component so that new teachers can see how a class may look.
Each chapter ends with In Closing, a brief summary of the main points of the chapter, as well as a review list of Terms to Remember and Resources for More Information.
Marginal Key Terms definitions call out important new terminology that students need to understand and remember.
Invitation for the Classroom assignments are highly practical opportunities for student teachers to bring something they have learned into the class and apply it to the students they will be teaching.
Final Questions for Further Reflection encourage readers to tie together what has been learned in each chapter.