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Synopsis
With its inclusive view of literacy, Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students emphasizes methods that have been validated by research and practice, while delivering the basics of all major aspects of reading and writing. The Sixth Edition of Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students continues to be one of the most comprehensive, practical texts on the market, and includes a new focus on higher-level literacy practices. Written by distinguished author Tom Gunning, Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students provides readers with step-by-step guidance for teaching reading and writing, including sample lessons for virtually every major literacy skill/strategy. Reflecting the author’s ongoing extensive hands-on work with schools coping with the demands of No Child Left Behind, the Sixth edition includes teaching tips and materials that are more practical, more realistic, more effective, and more extensive than ever.
A Letter To Students, From the Author
Avon, Connecticut
March 14, 2007
Dear Student:
Although I receive royalties from the sales of Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students (Sixth Edition), my main reason for writing the text and continuously revising it is to improve the quality of literacy instruction for students in grades pre-k through grade 8. I believe that the best way to do that is to provide for pre-service and in-service teachers a text that explains effective ways to assess and instruct students. As times change and I acquire new knowledge and insights, I add to and revise the suggestions that I make.
In preparation for the revision of this last edition, I worked three days a week for a year in an urban school as a hands-on consultant. I also visited a number of schools, talked with lots of teachers, and worked with groups of students in a variety of settings. These direct experiences were very enlightening. One of my chief discoveries was the power of a well-planned, carefully executed intervention program that includes screening and continuous monitoring of progress. I’ve described this plan in the latest edition of Creating Literacy Instruction. While implementing the intervention program, I also discovered better ways to teach phonics, especially clusters (blends) as in stop and stamp, which are troublesome for many novice readers. And I devised a way of leveling beginning reading materials based on the phonics elements needed to read them. Using this leveling systems makes it possible to identify children’s books that reinforce the phonic elements that novice readers have been taught.
A second key discovery was the importance of fostering higher-level reading and responding skills. To meet the demands of No Child Left Behind, many schools are focusing on decoding skills and literal comprehension. Unfortunately, this has led to a neglect of vocabulary development and higher-level literacy skills, which are key elements in developing the kinds of skills needed in today’s society and which are assessed in the upper grades by today’s high-stakes tests. To emphasize the importance of higher-level literacy skills, a new feature entitled “Building Higher-Level Literacy,” appears at the end of each chapter.
Recognizing the reality of the requirements of No Child Left Behind and high-stakes tests, I have included suggestions for preparing students to cope with demanding tests. Using lookbacks, supporting responses, and other key comprehension and test-taking skills are featured. Also emphasized is the importance of going beyond teaching students how to respond to challenging texts in discussions to also teaching them how to respond in writing, since that is how they will be assessed.
Quickwrites, Macro-Cloze, Story Impressions, Think-Pair-Share, and a number of other intriguing teaching techniques have been added to the latest edition of Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students. Throughout the text, changes, large and small, have been made that I believe will enhance your knowledge of literacy and your ability as a teacher to build the literacy of the students that you teach. While I realize that the purchase of the text might mean a financial sacrifice, it should help make you a better teacher of literacy and your students’ better readers and writers. Although the text is costly, potential benefits are priceless.
Sincerely,
Thomas G. Gunning, Ed. D, Author
Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students
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“I appreciate that RTI is going to be addressed [in the Seventh Edition] in greater detail…. There will also be more stress on the English language learner and that, too is needed. Updates are so necessary on these topics.” ―Deborah A. Farrer, California University of Pennsylvania
“Gunning’s literacy philosophy is one with which I am most comfortable, both as a literacy teacher and as an instructor of teacher candidates. This text provides a sound foundation for students to build their knowledge of methods and strategies for teaching in all areas of literacy. It is a flexible format, it is comprehensive, and it is easy to integrate into my course content.” ―Beth A. Childress, Armstrong Atlantic State University
From the Back Cover
Distinguished author Tom Gunning delivers a new edition of his best-selling Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students that will continue to influence the way reading and writing are taught to future teachers. With its inclusive view of literacy, the seventh edition continues to emphasize methods that have been validated by research and practice while also delivering the basics of all major aspects of reading and writing. Reflecting the author’s ongoing, extensive, hands-on work with schools coping with the demands of No Child Left Behind and the implementation of Response to Intervention, the seventh edition stresses effective steps for helping every student become as fully literate as possible.
What Is New to This Edition?
- A new chapter two includes a thorough discussion of Response to Intervention and its implications for classroom teachers as well as coverage of the diversity of today’s students and what can be done to assist all of them.
- An increased emphasis on helping struggling readers and writers and English language learners.
- A new feature emphasizing professional standards near the beginning of each chapter and an overview of the standards on the inside front cover.
- New end-of-chapter features provide activities and suggest readings to help students meet the chapter’s standards.
- A MyEducationLab interactive website (www.myeducationlab.com) created specifically to accompany this edition that includes videos, simulations, case studies, activities, practice tests, study plans, an e-book, and more to help prepare students for teaching careers.
To order this book WITH MyEducationLab, use either ISBN:
ISBN-13: 9780136100836
ISBN-10: 013610083X
To order this book WITHOUT MyEducationLab use either ISBN:
ISBN-13: 9780138140823
ISBN-10: 0138140820
What Do Reviewers Say about the Seventh Edition?
“I appreciate that RTI is going to be addressed [in the Seventh Edition] in greater detail…. There will also be more stress on the English language learner and that, too is needed. Updates are so necessary on these topics.” ―Deborah A. Farrer, California University of Pennsylvania
“Gunning’s literacy philosophy is one with which I am most comfortable, both as a literacy teacher and as an instructor of teacher candidates. This text provides a sound foundation for students to build their knowledge of methods and strategies for teaching in all areas of literacy. It is a flexible format, it is comprehensive, and it is easy to integrate into my course content.” ―Beth A. Childress, Armstrong Atlantic State University
Thomas G. Gunning is a professor emeritus at Southern Connecticut State University and an adjunct professor in the reading/language arts department at Central Connecticut State University. He has taught courses in reading and writing methods for more than 20 years and has served as a secondary English teacher, a reading specialist, and a consultant for Reading First as well as for Response to Intervention. His books include Developing Higher-Level Literacy in All Students, Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties, and Closing the Literacy Gap―all published by Allyn & Bacon.
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