Classrooms That Work : They Can All Read and Write,9780205493944

Classrooms That Work : They Can All Read and Write

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Edition: 4th
ISBN13: 9780205493944
ISBN10: 0205493947
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-01-01
Publisher(s): Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

"In Classrooms That Work, Pat Cunningham and Dick Allington emphasize the importance of promoting the integration of phonics and literature-based process writing and reading instruction to enhance all students' learning and reading skills."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Richard L. Allington is a professor of education at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Patricia M. Cunningham is a professor of education at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Creating Classrooms That Work
1(10)
Observing in the Classrooms of Unusually Effective Teachers
2(5)
What We Know about Classrooms That Work
7(3)
Creating Your Own Classroom That Works---Even Better
10(1)
Creating Enthusiastic, Independent Readers
11(15)
Assess and Document Your Students' Independent Reading
12(1)
Make Teacher Read-Aloud an Everyday Event
13(4)
Schedule Time Every Day for Self-Selected Reading
17(1)
Accumulate the Widest Possible Variety of Reading Materials
18(2)
Schedule Conferences So You Can Talk with Children about Their Reading
20(3)
Make Time for Sharing and Responding
23(2)
Summary
25(1)
Building the Literacy Foundation
26(19)
Concepts That Form the Foundation for Literacy
28(4)
Activities for Building the Foundation
32(12)
Summary
44(1)
Developing Fluent Decoders and Spellers
45(42)
Teaching High-Frequency Words
48(9)
Developing Fluency
57(3)
Teaching Phonics and Spelling Patterns
60(16)
Strategies for Big Words
76(9)
Summary
85(2)
Building Vivid, Vital, and Valuable Vocabularies
87(24)
How Do We Learn All the Words We Know?
89(2)
Provide as Much Real Experience as Possible
91(7)
Increase Meaning Vocabularies through Readin
98(5)
Teach Morphemes, Context, and the Dictionary to Learn New Words
103(3)
Develop Vocabulary in Science and Social Studies
106(1)
Teach Children to Monitor Their Vocabulary Knowledge
107(1)
Promote Word Wonder
108(2)
Summary
110(1)
Developing Thoughtful Comprehenders
111(28)
Comprehension Strategies
114(1)
Literate Conversations
115(6)
Think-Alouds
121(5)
Informational Text Lessons
126(6)
Story Text Lessons
132(4)
Summary
136(3)
Developing Ready, Willing, and Able Writers
139(35)
Starting the Year with Writer's Workshop
141(4)
Adding Editing to Writer's Workshop
145(4)
Adding Conferencing, Publishing, and Author's Chair to Writer's Workshop
149(4)
Adding Revising to Writer's Workshop
153(8)
Focused Writing
161(11)
Summary
172(2)
Multilevel Instruction
174(27)
Multilevel Self-Selected Reading, Writing, and Words
176(4)
Providing Multilevel Guided Reading
180(2)
Formats for Guided Reading
182(18)
Summary
200(1)
Assessment
201(14)
What Is Assessment?
202(1)
Determining Student Reading Level
202(4)
Identifying Good Literacy Behaviors and Documenting Progress
206(8)
Summary
214(1)
Extra Support for Students Who Need It Most
215(21)
Form an After-Lunch Bunch
216(1)
Schedule 30 Minutes of Open-Center Time into Your Day
217(2)
Find and Train a Tutor for Your Most Needy Child
219(6)
Partner Older Struggling Readers to Tutor Younger Struggling Readers
225(1)
Coordinate with Remedial Reading and Resource Room Teachers
226(2)
Use the Latest Technology
228(1)
Increase the Support You Are Providing Your English Language Learners
229(6)
Summary
235(1)
A Day in a Building Blocks Kindergarten Classroom
236(14)
A Day in a Four Blocks Primary Classroom
250(15)
A Week in a Big Blocks Intermediate Classroom
265(19)
Beyond the Classroom: Ten Things Worth Fighting For
284(9)
Smaller Class Size
285(1)
Early Intervention
286(1)
Better School Libraries and Better Access to Books
286(1)
Responsive Special Programs
287(1)
Extending the School Day or Year
288(1)
An End to Retention and Tracking
289(1)
Head Start/Even Start
289(1)
Family and Community Involvement
290(1)
Fairness in Funding
291(1)
Teacher Input on the Business of Running Schools
292(1)
Children's Books and Other Teaching Resources 293(2)
References 295(6)
Index 301

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