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Literacy in Grades 4-8

Best Practices for a Comprehensive Program

By: Nancy L. Cecil,Joan P. Gipe,Merrill E. Marcy

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Literacy in Grades 4-8

Best Practices for a Comprehensive Program

By: Nancy L. Cecil,Joan P. Gipe,Merrill E. Marcy

Comprehensive yet succinct and readable, Literacy in Grades 4-8, Third Edition offers a wealth of practical ideas to help preservice and practicing teachers create a balanced and comprehensive literacy program while exploring the core topics and issues of literacy in grades 4 through 8. It addresses teaching to standards; differentiating instruction for readers and writers; motivating students; using assessment to inform instruction; integrating technology into the classroom; working with English learners and struggling readers; and connecting with caregivers. Selected classroom strategies, procedures, and activities represent the most effective practices according to research and the many outstanding classroom teachers who were observed and interviewed for the book. The Third Edition includes added material connecting the Common Core State Standards to the instruction and assessment of literacy skills; a combined word study and vocabulary chapter to help readers integrate these important topics in their teaching; more on technology, including comprehension of multimodal texts, enhancing writing instruction with technology tools, and teaching activities with an added technology component; added discussion of teacher techniques during text discussions, strategic moves that help students become more strategic readers. Key features: In the Classroom vignettes; more than 50 activities,some with a technology component; questions for journal writing and for projects and field-based activities; troubleshooting sections offering alternative suggestions and activities for those middle-grade students who may find a particular literacy focus challenging.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351813692

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9781351813693

Striking a Balance

A Comprehensive Approach to Early Literacy

By: Nancy L. Cecil,Albert Lozano,Mae Chaplin

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Striking a Balance

A Comprehensive Approach to Early Literacy

By: Nancy L. Cecil,Albert Lozano,Mae Chaplin

Now in its sixth edition, Striking a Balance clearly illustrates how to create a comprehensive early literacy program that places direct skills instruction within the context of rich and varied reading and writing experiences. Text discussions, dynamic activities, and valuable appendices provide a variety of effective instructional resources, selected based on research and teacher testimonials. The sixth edition incorporates recent updates to national and state standards, as well as expanded sections on working with English language learners and students with special needs, while maintaining the book’s essential features: classroom vignettes, discussion questions, field-based activities, a student website, and study guide. An essential resource for early literacy instructors, this textbook’s practical approach fundamentally demonstrates how children develop authentic literacy skills through a combination of direct strategy instruction and motivating contexts.

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547

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Routledge

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042981030X

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9780429810305

Bioethics

An Introduction to the History, Methods, and Practice

By: Nancy Ann Silbergeld Jecker,Albert R. Jonsen,Robert A. Pearlman

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Bioethics

An Introduction to the History, Methods, and Practice

By: Nancy Ann Silbergeld Jecker,Albert R. Jonsen,Robert A. Pearlman

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763743143

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9780763743147

Bioethics

By: Nancy S. Jecker,Professor Nancy S Jecker, Ph.D.,Albert R. Jonsen,Robert A. Pearlman

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Bioethics

By: Nancy S. Jecker,Professor Nancy S Jecker, Ph.D.,Albert R. Jonsen,Robert A. Pearlman

Bioethics: An Introduction to the History, Methods, and Practice, Third Edition provides readers with a modern and diverse look at bioethics while also looking back at early bioethics cases that set ethical standards in healthcare. It is well suited for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who plan to pursue careers in nursing, allied health, or medicine, as well as professionals seeking a comprehensive reference in the field. The authors retain the unique three-pronged approach, discussing the history, the methods, and the practice of bioethics. This approach provides students with a breadth of information, focusing on all sides of the issue, which will allow them to think critically about current bioethical topics. The third edition is updated throughout with new information and cases including, the latest on genetics and reproductive technology, physician-assisted suicide, as well as numerous new cases.

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637

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1449635865

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9781449635862

Striking a Balance

A Comprehensive Approach to Early Literacy

By: Nancy L. Cecil

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A Comprehensive Approach to Early Literacy

By: Nancy L. Cecil

Striking a Balance explores a comprehensive program of early literacy instruction through a balanced approach to reading and writing for both enjoyment and information. The fifth edition retains the special features that adopters have come to appreciate: classroom vignettes, discussion questions, field-based activities, a student website, and study guide. This latest edition offers expanded content on differentiating instruction for diverse learners, including working with English Language Learners and students with special needs. Also new to this edition is greater coverage on integrating state standards with early literacy instruction. The book’s practical approach fundamentally demonstrates how children develop authentic literacy skills through a combination of direct strategy instruction and motivating contexts.

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1351812947

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