This updated edition of More Than 100 Tools for Developing Literacy offers K-12 teachers a collection of ready-to-use activities to improve students' reading comprehension, notetaking skills, vocabulary, and research skills. These activities are adaptable for any curriculum and can also be used to improve content area reading. The second edition includes:
An expanded discussion of assessment
A format for locating appropriate activities for building specific skills
Grounded in research and practice, this resource shows elementary teachers how to use formative assessment to build students’ language and literacy skills across the curriculum.
Developed in Australia, Junkyard Adventures with Insects stimulates children's' imaginations and encourages the development of literacy in a fun and entertaining environment.
The recent global financial crisis was caused, at least in part, by the financial ignorance of many consumers. Many students and young adults in particular have never been taught the basics of financial planning. Yet, the earlier people move from financial illiteracy to literacy, the greater the benefits that will accumulate over time. As The Student's Guide to Financial Literacy makes clear, practices adopted in the early years of adulthood can have the most dramatic effect on a personÕs ultimate quality of life, level of success, and age of retirement.
Literacy is thought to be one of the primary cultural transmitters of information and beliefs within any society where it exists. Yet, when considered as a social phenomenon, literacy is remarkably difficult to define, because its functions, meanings, and methods of learning vary from one cultural group to the next. This book compares and contrasts our understanding of literacy and its acquisition and retention. It addresses major debates in education policy today, such as the importance of "mother-tongue" literacy programs, the notion of literacy "relapse," and the concept of educational poverty.
