Smart Answers to Tough Questions: What Do You Say When You're Asked about Fluency, Phonics, Grammar, Vocabulary, Ssr, Tests, Support for Ells, and More
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Provides clear answers to the most frequently asked questions about literacy instruction. Literacy coaches and administrators will also find the book an indispensable resource for professional development workshops, newsletters, and grant applications. This time-saving, comprehensive desktop essential is well-organized, easy to read, and packed with relevant quotes for newsletters, workshops, and grant applications. For use with Grades K–8.
Introduction/Dear Teachers 9Reading: Tough Questions AboutReading Aloud to Students: Grade-level focus: primary and intermediate 13Round-Robin Reading: Grade-level focus: primary and intermediate 21Big Books and Enlarged Texts: Grade-level focus: primary 25Fingerpointing, Voicepointing, and Headpointing: Grade-level focus: primary 33Worksheets and Homework: Grade-level focus: primary and intermediate 37Commercial Reading Programs and Guided Reading: Grade-level focus: primary and intermediate 43Independent Reading or Sustained Silent Reading (SSR): Grade-level focus: primary and intermediate 52Rewards and the Accelerated Reader Program: Grade-level focus: primary and intermediate 59Phonics and Phonemic Awareness: Tough Questions AboutPhonics: A Definition: Grade-level focus: primary and intermediate 67Phonics for Older Students: Grade-level focus: mainly intermediate with some relevance to primary 76Phonemic Awareness: Grade-level focus: primary 84Eye-Movement Research and Decodable Text: Tough Questions AboutThe Cueing Systems and Eye-Movement Research: Grade-level focus: primary and intermediate 89Decodable Text: Grade-level focus: mainly primary with some relevance to intermediate 96Fluency: Tough QuestionsAboutFluency and Comprehension/DIBELS: Grade-level focus: mainly primary with some relevance to intermediate 101Writing: Tough Questions AboutInvented Spelling: Grade-level focus: primary 111Spelling, Grammar, and Punctuation for Intermediate Students: Grade-level focus: intermediate 121English Language Learners: Tough Questions AboutEnglish Language Learners: Grade-level focus: primary and intermediate 129Phonics and Second Language Acquisition: Grade-level focus: primary and intermediate 137Standards, Accountability, and High-Stakes Testing: Tough Questions AboutTerminology and Definitions: Grade-level focus: primary and intermediate 143Problems With and Inequities in High-Stakes Testing: Grade-level focus: primary and intermediate 149Summary/What Is the Role of the Teacher in Teaching? 156Index 158
