"Today’s busy early childhood practitioners are being asked to do more, know more, and produce “results,” especially in the area of literacy development. This premier volume in TC Press’s Practitioner’s Bookshelf offers valuable information for leaders in preschool settings and pre-kindergarten classrooms. A handy reference, it covers key aspects of literacy learning and teaching, including child development, standards, curriculum planni ..."
Teaching Phonics Today(2nd Edition) Word Study Strategies Through the Grades, by DorothyS. Strickland Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2011 by International Reading Association ISBN-13: 978-0-87207-827-7, ISBN: 0-87207-827-2
"Leading literacy expert Dorothy Strickland shows you how phonics instruction has evolved over the years-and guides you toward making phonics a key component of your students reading development with... * Practical ideas for integrating phonics, word study, and conventional spelling in your classroom * Proven strategies for differentiating instruction to prevent reading difficulties, specifically with English language learners * ..."
"Learning about print is a critical component of early literacy, key to young children's success with beginning reading and school readiness. To help your students become strategic early readers and writers, you need to know the print-related skills and instructional strategies necessary for developing preschoolers knowledge of print. The second edition of Learning About Print in Preschool, part of the Preschool Literacy Collection, will ..."
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"''Invaluable.''--Curriculum Review''Excellent.''--Journal of Reading''In short, Drs. Wepner and Strickland have done it again! They have provided us with a relevant, research-based, and readable reference on the organization of school reading programs.''--From the Foreword by Jack Cassidy, former President of the International Reading Association and the College Reading AssociationNow in its Fourth Edition, this popular textbook is stil ..."
"This book addresses critical issues related to pre-adolescent and adolescent literacy learners with a focus on closing the achievement gap. Despite efforts by educators and policymakers during the past several decades, certain groups of students - primarily African American students, English language learners, and students from low-income homes--continue to underperform on commonly used measures of academic achievement. Too often, teach ..."
A Most Unusual Sight(1st Edition) (HBJ Treasury of Literature) by Roger C. Farr, DorothyS. Strickland Hardcover, 349 Pages, Published 1993 by Harcourt Brace & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-15-300423-0, ISBN: 0-15-300423-1
"This book describes effective, engaging ways to build young children's print concepts and alphabetic knowledge, which are crucial for both reading and writing development. Presenting shared reading, shared writing, and targeted instructional activities, each chapter features helpful classroom vignettes, a section debunking myths about preschool literacy, and Ideas for Discussion, Reflection, and Action. Strategies are provided for creat ..."
"This text is intended for Elementary Language Arts Methods courses, and courses combining elementary and middle school language arts. It is also suitable for use in block courses combining introductory reading methods and language arts. The course can be found in school of education departments of elementary education, and curriculum and instruction.LANGUAGE ARTS: LEARNING AND TEACHING brings together three of the most respected names i ..."
Teaching Phonics Today A Primer for Educators by DorothyS. Strickland Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 1998 by International Reading Association ISBN-13: 978-0-87207-184-1, ISBN: 0-87207-184-7
"Teaching Phonics Today addresses educators who seek to establish sound instructional practices that value phonics as an important tool for understanding and using written language. Strickland sets forth the issues that focus on phonics and the controversy they inevitably arouse; offers ways in which reading instruction, particularly the teaching of phonics, has changed in recent years; and provides suggestions for helping children learn ..."
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Color the sky (HBJ treasury of literature) by Roger C. Farr, DorothyS. Strickland Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 1995 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ISBN-13: 978-0-15-301249-5, ISBN: 0-15-301249-8
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