Teaching All the Children: Strategies for Developing Literacy in an Urban Setting (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy)

This practical, empowering book addresses the challenges facing educators, school administrators, and families in low socioeconomic status urban settings and presents field-tested strategies for promoting reading, writing, and oral language success. Featuring thorough research reviews, instructional models, resources, and portraits of exemplary urban classrooms, the book provides a wealth of ideas that can readily be put into practice.
Coverage includes:

* What highly effective literacy instruction looks like in today's urban classroom
* Understanding-and counteracting-the factors that put poor children at risk
* When diversity is the norm: making instruction welcoming to all
* Lesson plans and lists of children's literature that meet urban students' specific needs
* Keys to building strong family and community partnerships