Literacy Triangle: 50+ High-Impact Strategies to Integrate Reading, Discussing, and Writing in K-8 Classrooms
Accelerate learning with high-impact strategies. Beginning and veteran teachers alike will find insights and practices they can use immediately. The authors dovetail their proven instructional process of chunk, chew, check, change with before-, during-, and after-reading strategies in this must-have guide for powerful literacy instruction. No matter what content area you teach, this book will help you develop the strategic reader in every student.
K-8 teachers who are interested in high-impact teaching strategies will:
- Learn how to incorporate the literacy triangle's three points--reading, discussing, and writing--into instruction for any subject
- Cut through the conflict caused by the reading wars and gain clarity on the science behind effective, well-rounded literacy instruction
- Help students enjoy reading, gain comprehension, and build reading stamina
- Get differentiation ideas for scaffolding and enriching each strategy using best practices in literacy instruction
- Discover how to engage students in opportunities for making meaning, choosing texts, and leading discussions
- Understand how setting a student's purpose for reading can encourage focus, engagement, deeper conversations, and a motivation to keep reading with literacy strategies
Contents:
>Introduction
Part 1: Planning for Quality Literacy Instruction
Chapter 1: Teaching Literacy Effectively
Chapter 2: Choosing the "Right" Text
Chapter 3: Using the Literacy Triangle to Drastically Improve Literacy
Part 2: Implementing Quality Literacy Instruction
Chapter 4: Preparing for Success--Before Reading
Chapter 5: Staying Focused on the Goal--During Reading
Chapter 6: Consolidating With Discussion and Writing--After Reading
Chapter 7: Bringing It All Together
Conclusion
References and Resources
Index
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LeAnn Nickelsen, M.Ed. is a former teacher and currently provides staff development nationally on topics including brain research, reading and vocabulary strategies, how food affects learning, and differentiated instruction. She was a classroom teacher in three states and won a Teacher of the Year Award in Texas. LeAnn is known as "the teacher's teacher" because of her practical, research-based examples that teachers can easily implement in their classrooms. She has a passion for both instilling the love for learning as well as helping teachers succeed. She currently resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut and parents her school age twins.
She is the member of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and presenter for Staff Development for Educators (SDE). She is the author of eight books published by Scholastic, Inc. including Memorizing Strategies & Other Brain-Based Activities and a four-series set called Comprehension Mini-Lessons. She has written articles for parenting magazines and The Praeger Handbook of Learning and the Brain.
Currently, LeAnn does staff development and may be reached at [email protected] or call 203-790-0119. To purchase any of LeAnn's books go to her website: www.maximizelearninginc.com.
