Describing effective, creative strategies for talking with students in ways that enhance literacy learning, this book offers a window into the classrooms of four exemplary teachers. Principles of productive classroom discussions are illustrated with detailed case examples. The book shows how-and explains why-real talk can enhance student engagement, foster critical thinking, promote mastery of literacy concepts, and instill a lasting love of reading. It offers ideas for selecting children's literature and fitting a range of interactive literacy activities into the school day. The authors draw on current knowledge about the connections between oral language and literacy development across the elementary grades.
- ISBN10 1609181581
- ISBN13 9781609181581
- Publish Date 12 April 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Guilford Publications
- Format Paperback
- Pages 210
- Language English