Clearing the Path for Developing Learners

All learning is based on the mastery of essential literary skills, and in this impactful title from author and reading specialist Peg Grafwallner, educators will discover tools they need to embed literacy into all subjects. Using this book's skill-building strategies and reproducibles, educators can effectively teach those literacy skills to support developing students as they learn to read, write, and think critically.



Through this title, educators will discover how to: Expand their teaching methods to include literacy skills Introduce literacy into daily lesson planning Embed reading comprehension into any subject area Create a positive classroom culture through relevant and relatable vocabulary strategies Scaffold instruction using literacy strategies to boost subject-area comprehension

Contents:

Introduction

Part I: Your Roadmap to Teaching Essential Skills

Chapter 1: Prioritize Essential Skills in Your Classroom

Chapter 2: Foster a Sustainable Classroom Culture

Chapter 3: Unpack Academic Standards to Identify Essential Skills

Chapter 4: Harness Brain-Based Teaching Techniques

Part II: Your Essential Skills Starter Kit

Chapter 5: Locate the Main Idea and Identify Supporting Details

Chapter 6: Compose a Summary

Chapter 7: Interpret and Apply Academic Vocabulary

Chapter 8: Identify and Apply Inference

Chapter 9: Identify and Understand Cause-Effect Relationships

Chapter 10: Identify and Understand Relationships Using Compare-Contrast

Chapter 11: Delineate and Evaluate Arguments

Epilogue

References and Resources

Index