| Description |
1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Support Material -- Contents -- Author Inspirations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Unlocked Potential of Early Literacy -- Providing Systematic Organizational and Instructional Change -- Providing Comprehensive Literacy Instruction -- Organizing Literacy Teams and Structuring the Master Schedule -- This Book's Audience and Organization -- 1. A Systematic Approach to Literacy Acceleration -- Why Early Literacy Is Priority -- Demands for High Levels of Literacy -- Lack of Results Collectively |
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Lack of Results for Specific Student Groups -- The Potential of Early Literacy -- Typical Instructional and Organizational Improvement Initiatives -- Multi-Tiered Systems of Support -- Continued Literacy Debates -- Self-Contained Classrooms in the Primary Grades -- Small Group Instruction Without Specialized Scheduling -- OST Programming Issues -- Achieving Accelerated Literacy -- Defining Accelerated Reading -- Developing Schoolwide Priorities -- Developing a Highly Trained Literacy Team Within a Professional Learning Community -- Providing Quality (Mostly Embedded) Professional Development |
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Assessing Students and Monitoring Progress -- Providing Systematic Literacy Instruction Within a Literacy Block -- Flexibly Grouping Students Based on Data -- Crafting a Master Schedule to Reflect Instructional Priorities -- Developing OST Programs -- Evaluating the Program -- The Schoolwide Literacy Initiatives Questionnaire -- Summary -- Reflection -- 2. Benefits of Literacy Teams and Roles of the Literacy Team Leader -- Literacy Teams Defined -- Interdependence and Mutual Accountability -- Common Literacy Goals -- Benefits of Literacy Teams -- Highly Skilled Literacy Teachers and Equity |
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Embedded Professional Development -- Centralized Instructional Monitoring -- The Role of the Literacy Team Leader -- Developing and Training Literacy Teams -- Assessing and Flexibly Grouping Students -- Coordinating Literacy Instruction and Resources -- Funding Literacy Teams -- Summary -- Reflection -- 3. Systematic Literacy Assessment and Progress Monitoring -- Characteristics of Effective Literacy Assessment -- Assessment as Purposeful, and Assessment Types -- Assessment as Comprehensive, Balanced, and Integrated -- Assessment as Valid and Reliable, yet Efficient |
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Selecting Appropriate Literacy Assessments -- Fluency in Context, Comprehension, and Vocabulary -- Decoding and High-Frequency Words -- Phonological Awareness and Print Concepts -- Knowledge of Reading Purposes and Strategic Knowledge -- Affective Factors -- Weighing Assessment Options -- Establishing Assessment Schedules -- Setting Literacy Expectations -- Training the Literacy Team to Administer and Score Assessments -- Interpreting Assessment Information -- Summary -- Reflection -- 4. Systematic Literacy Instruction for Accelerating Progress -- Instruction in the Literacy Block |
| Summary |
Early Literacy Matters is an innovative action guide for elementary school leaders and instructional coaches dedicated to accelerating literacy performance in the early grades, when prevention of reading difficulties matters most. As a unique father-daughter team with combined expertise in literacy education and instructional leadership, the authors share best practices for literacy success. Readers will learn how to establish and lead a literacy team, implement embedded professional development, utilize key assessments to frame daily instruction, and illustrate specific organizational and scheduling models needed to support systemic change based on the science of reading. Each chapter features reflection questions and explicit strategies and tools leaders can implement immediately in today's classrooms |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Carol E. Canady, Ph.D. is a Pre-K-5 literacy coordinator and a literacy consultant for various school districts. She has served as a K-8 teacher and counselor and has taught literacy courses as an Assistant Professor at Miami University and as an instructor at Wright State and Cincinnati Christian Universities. She received her Ph.D. in Reading Education from the University of Virginia, and has received distinguished recognition for teaching and community service, including recent demonstration of high leverage teaching practices in a national video series. Among other publications, Early Literacy Matters is the second book she has co-authored. Robert Lynn Canady, Ed.D. is Professor Emeritus and former chair of the Department of Leadership, Foundations and Policy Studies at the University of Virginia, and a national consultant on innovative scheduling and grading practices. He has served as principal of elementary, middle, and junior high schools, and held leadership positions in two school district central offices. He has received numerous awards for outstanding teaching and service and is co-author of four bestselling books, including Elementary School Scheduling: Enhancing instruction for School achievement with Michael D. Rettig, School Scheduling Associates, Inc |
| Subject |
Language arts (Early childhood)
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EDUCATION / Elementary
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EDUCATION / Professional Development
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EDUCATION / Leadership
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Language arts (Early childhood)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Canady, Robert Lynn.
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| ISBN |
9781000228434 |
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1000228436 |
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9780429350955 |
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0429350953 |
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1000228312 |
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9781000228373 |
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1000228371 |
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9781000228311 |
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