literacy

Explores the effects of mass media on working-class culture in England during the early decades of the twentieth century.

A collection of nineteen essays that discusses best practices in literacy instruction, covering such topics as early literacy, struggling readers, English language learners, motivation, phonological awareness, fluency, and more.

Elderly Jeremiah decides that it's finally time to learn to read.

"[Thirteen-year-old Lora] a young Cuban teenager ... volunteers for Fidel Castro's national literacy campaign and travels into the impoverished countryside to teach others how to read"--Amazon.

"Focusing on the teacher-student connection, [the author] guides you to: effectively prioritize what matters most during remote, online instruction; schedule your day and your students' to maximize teaching and learning; streamline curricular units and roll them out digitally; record short lessons that students will learn from; confer, working with small groups, and drive learning through independent practice; partner with the adults in a student's home to support your work with their child. Features more than 55 step-by-step teaching strategies and videos, this book helps new teachers, teachers new to technology, or anyone who wants to better understand the essence of effective online instruction. Along the way, it addresses crucial topics including assessment and progress monitoring, student engagement and accountability, using anchor charts and visuals, getting books into students' hands, teaching subject-area content, and avoiding teacher burnout.

This book will give readers a better understanding of the daily lives of plantation slaves, along with the oppression and challenges that they faced.

Provides reproducible activity sheets to reinforce independent reading skills in third through fifth grade students.

Presents a teaching and learning model for all students, especially youth of color, that focuses on identity development, skill development, intellectual development, and criticality.

"A picture book biography sharing the . . . true story of the nation's oldest student, Mary Walker, who learned to read at the age of 116"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of Clarence Brazier went his whole life without knowing how to read or write, but after his wife died and at the age of one hundred, he finally revealed his secret to his daughter, a former school teacher who offered to teach him to read.