Reading and Writing in Elementary Classrooms: Strategies and Observations (4th Edition)

Based on the latest research and best thinking from literacy and language studies, curriculum and instructional practices, and educational psychology, Reading and Writing in Elementary Classrooms, 4/e, maintains its balanced approach to literacy instruction and its authors' commitment to helping all students learn to read. Thoroughly revised to reflect current research, this text focuses on thinking processes, on reading and writing as language, and on the importance of the affective domain. The unique narrative chapters in Part II provide an engaging, classroom-based introduction to "real life" for prospective teachers.