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The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades K-8: Behaviors and Understandings to Notice, Teach, and Support

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Authors: Gay Su Pinnell, Irene C. Fountas
Publisher: Heinemann
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.7 x 1

ISBN: 0325012393
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.6043
EAN: 9780325012391
ASIN: 0325012393

Publication Date: October 5, 2007
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
divGay Su Pinnell and Irene Fountas understand that a high-quality curriculum is the important first step toward good teaching and successful learning. Good curriculum comes from knowing what students can do, can almost do, and need to learn how to do as readers, writers, and language users. In iThe Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades K - 8 /ithey combine everything they have learned about literacy development to create a powerful tool that enables curriculum coordinators and literacy specialists to observe teaching and learning, to plan responsive instruction, and to ensure consistency across buildings, grades, or classrooms./divdiv/divdivAcross the Grades/divdiviThe Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades K - 8 /iplaces the behaviors and understandings children can be expected to demonstrate on continua that reflect seven critical instructional contexts:/divul type="disc" liinteractive read-aloud and literature discussion/li lishared and performance reading/li liwriting about reading/li liwriting/li lioral, visual, and technological communication/li liphonics, spelling, and word study/li liguided reading./li/uldiv/divdivLevel by Level/divdivThe first six continua are organized by grade, while the guided reading milestones are laid out level-by-level along Pinnell and Fountas' A - Z gradient to facilitate reading instruction at the precise level at which it is most appropriate to support new learning./divdiv/divdivThis helpful representation of goals for literacy growth make it easy to analyze whether curriculum goals are aligned among grades, buildings, or districts. They can serve as a foundation for the creation of responsive, flexible curriculum documents. And, they present the information in Pinnell and Fountas' Continua for grades K - 2 and 3 - 8 in a different organization that enables literacy specialists and coaches to effectively communicate commonly shared expectations that are grounded in research and expressed as teaching practices. In fact, they provide numerous opportunities for conversations with teachers about:/divul type="disc" liplanning instruction for individuals, small groups, or a whole class/li liassessing children's literacy development/li lievaluating student progress and reporting grades/li lidiscussing expectations with parents/li liidentifying specific needs for targeted intervention./li/uldiv/divdivDiscover the convenient, easy-to-read resource that supports every aspect of your curriculum by presenting a unified vision of language and literacy development. Read iThe Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades K - 8 /iand discover the key to a new standard for excellence in literacy education./div

Customer Reviews:

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Continuum of Literacy January 18, 2008
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This book was wanted by our reading coach. She liked it so much that she got PTO to order 12 more. Thanks for the great service.

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Excellent Resource January 9, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I highly recommend this to teachers and college students who need a resource guide to follow. It gives you a one stop place to find out the developmental stages for the literacy levels that a child should be at.

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