Literacy for the 21st Century: Teaching Reading and Writing in Pre-Kindergarten Through Grade 4

For Literacy in the Elementary School and Elementary Reading Methods and Strategies courses. Based on the same principles and guidelines of Tompkins' best-selling literacy text, this new volume addresses specific strategies for teaching reading and writing to children from Preschool to Grade 4. The author provides a solid foundation in the content of literacy instruction-phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension-liberally spiced with her trademark "minilessons" and replete with children's writing samples and authentic classroom vignettes. Included are a wealth of age-appropriate assessment tools, authentic classroom activities, and illustrative examples of how effective teachers engage children in preschool through primary grades in the captivating act of reading and writing.