In Effective Literacy Coaching: Building Expertise and a Culture of Literacy, literacy experts Shari Frost, Roberta Buhle, and Camille Blachowicz provide more than 50 practical activities designed to help K 12 literacy professionals * Assess the current literacy program. * Plan changes that will foster a culture of literacy. * Collaborate for excellence in literacy instruction. * Direct professional development. Self-assessment tools are included to help literacy coaches reflect on their own activities, develop their role and goals, and establish themselves as valuable literacy resources within the school. Assorted tools help coaches open and maintain lines of communication, form action teams, and procure and organize materials. And the numerous professional development tools help coaches enrich teachers knowledge of instructional strategies. All tools are also available for download. Whether you are new to literacy coaching or a seasoned coach looking to reenergize your approach, these proven tools can help you cultivate a vibrant and effective literacy program.

Effective Literacy Coaching: Building Expertise and a Culture of Literacy: An ASCD Action Tool

Education & Teaching

Camille Blachowicz

Shari Frost

Roberta Buhle

Schools & Teaching

ASCD

Today’s early literacy programs are more demanding than ever. No longer is it sufficient to teach letters, letter sounds, sight words, and simple texts in kindergarten through second grade. Children are expected to read and comprehend texts in a variety of genres with increasing complexity. Then they must integrate the ideas and concepts from those texts into their own writing. Two Books are Better Than One: Reading and Writing (and Talking and Drawing) Across Texts in K-2 helps teachers meet those demands. Each chapter contains an anchor lesson focused on a different way of connecting texts, including: by theme, characters, perspective, structure, or genre. The lessons feature research-based and common core aligned strategies: interactive read-alouds; shared reading and writing; scaffolded small group reading; accountable talk; close reading; and opinion, narrative, and explanatory writing. Each anchor lesson features two high-quality children’s books, and each chapter is rounded out with a list of other recommended book pairs to support you in creating your own lessons.

Two Books Are Better Than One!: Reading and Writing (and Talking and Drawing) Across Texts in K-2 (Capstone Professional: Maupin House)

Capstone Professional

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