Focusing on effective writing instruction, this book by bestselling author Lori G. Wilfong outlines contemporary best practices for teaching writing in the classroom. It provides practical strategies for educators to enhance their teaching methods while highlighting common pitfalls to avoid. The guidance aims to help all students achieve success in their writing skills, making it a valuable resource for teachers seeking to modernize their approach to writing education.
Update your vocabulary practices to meet standards and improve students' word knowledge! This revised, clearly-structured guide shows you how. Each chapter is packed with engaging, research-based, classroom-ready strategies for teaching vocabulary. For each vocabulary recommendation, you'll learn the research behind it, how it relates to the Common Core and other state standards, and how to implement it in your classroom. This expanded second edition includes a wealth of new vocabulary-building strategies and activities. Updates include a new chapter offering a research perspective, more content on teacher and student selection of vocabulary, and new tools and examples for content-area teachers to incorporate meaningful vocabulary instruction. Additional Support Material, with free printable activities and tools, are available online at http: //www.routledge.com/9780367480592. This book is an invaluable resource for practicing and pre-service teachers.
Content area teachers are now being tasked with incorporating reading and writing instruction, but what works? In this essential book from Routledge and AMLE, author Lori G. Wilfong describes ten best practices for content-area literacy and how to implement them in the middle-level classroom. She also points out practices that should be avoided, helping you figure out which ideas to ditch and which to embrace. Topics covered include... Building background knowledge quickly Using specific strategies to scaffold focus while reading Using small group reading strategies to bring personal response and accountability to the content Understanding items that make reading in different disciplines unique Teaching content area vocabulary in meaningful ways Making writing an authentic process through daily and weekly assignments Planning and teaching effective informational and argumentative pieces Each chapter includes Common Core connections and practical templates and tools. The templates are available as free eResources so you can easily print them for classroom use.
In this essential book, dynamic author Lori G. Wilfong describes ten best practices for teaching nonfiction and how to implement them in the classroom.