Foundations Of Reading Instruction With Emphasis On Differentiated Guidance

Foundations of Reading Instruction

Foundations of Reading Instruction, with Emphasis on Differentiated Guidance

This volume has been organized as a textbook for use in teachers' colleges and schools of education. The primary problem of the elementary school teacher is how to identify individual needs and provide for them in a classroom situation. Reading instruction is organized around six themes: differentiated guidance of students, general language development, reading readiness, the semantic basis of language, the social basis of language, and the use of systematic sequences. This method emphasizes individual development over lock-step coverage of subject matter.

Differentiated Literacy Instruction

The goal of this book is to answer the question What is differentiated instruction? It offers pre-service and in-service teachers the background and foundational skills they will need to understand, plan for, and achieve effective differentiated literacy instruction in their classrooms, based on individual student needs. Chapters provide essential information about how to analyze and synthesize data from assessments, use the information for grouping students, and then plan and implement differentiated instruction. Many specific, hands-on descriptions and exhibits are provided. Case studies of real classrooms demonstrate effective differentiated instructional techniques. End-of-chapter Practical Application questions allow readers to apply chapter concepts as they learn to motivate and teach diverse learners.