Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students

The most comprehensive PreK-8 literacy text on the market – packed with practical instruction and assessment strategies that support the literacy development of all learners.
Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students includes in-depth coverage of every major topic and research-based strategy in literacy education. Readers will gain a thorough understanding of every essential theory and practical technique, then choose which strategies best fit their students’ needs and their personal teaching style. Unique text features include: three chapters dedicated to comprehension, an Academic Word List adapted for elementary and middle school students, arranged by difficulty level of words; specialized techniques for teaching difficult phonics elements; formative phonics, syllabic analysis, and comprehension assessments that are easy to administer and analyze; comprehension techniques such as mystery passages, using manipulatives, macro close, and writing intensive reading comprehension; stage of development; explanations on using extensive databases of Lexiled informational texts; and step-by-step guidance for teaching reading and writing – including sample lessons for virtually every major literacy skill/strategy that incorporate the key elements of effective assessment and instruction.

The 10th Edition highlights technology’s increasing role and use in both literacy assessment and instruction, and incorporates new research studies that show how educators can support their students in reaching grade-level requirements.

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Thomas G. Gunning has taught courses in methods of teaching reading and writing for more than 20 years and was director of the Reading Clinic at Southern Connecticut State University. Before that, as a secondary English teacher, a reading specialist, and an elementary school reading consultant, he worked extensively with achieving and struggling readers and writers. Dr. Gunning is currently working on programs to help struggling readers learn foundational skills and build their overall reading ability.

Over the years, Dr. Gunning’s research has explored reading interests, informal reading inventories, decoding strategies, readability, higher-level literacy skills, and response to intervention. As a result of this research, he has created a number of informal assessments and programs for developing decoding and comprehension skills, including an intervention program for students experiencing difficulty learning decoding skills, Word Building: A Response to Intervention Program (Galvin Publishing); a program designed to develop students’ comprehension, Reading Comprehension Boosters: 100 Lessons for Building Higher-Level Literacy (Grades 3—5) (Jossey-Bass); and a program designed to foster the use of formative assessment, Reading Success for All Students: Using Formative Assessment to Guide Instruction and Intervention (Grades K—8) (Jossey-Bass). Dr. Gunning’s books with Pearson include: Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties, 6th Edition; Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students in Grades 4—8, 3rd Edition; Creating Literacy Instruction for All Children in Grades Pre-K to 4, 2nd Edition; Building Literacy in Secondary Content Area Classrooms; Developing Higher-Level Literacy in All Students: Building Reading, Reasoning, and Responding; and Closing the Literacy Gap.