Exploring Nonfiction Literacies (eBook, ePUB)

Innovative Practices in Classrooms
Redaktion: Yenika-Agbaw, Vivian; Ricks, Paul H.; Hudock, Laura Anne; Lowery, Ruth McKoy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book recognizes nonfiction text as a staple part of the literacy curriculum and advocates that educators include it in their daily practices. It offers innovative ideas on how these texts can be used to nurture literacy acquisition, growth, and fluency in and out of the classroom.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475843439
• Artikelnr.: 52910153

Autorenporträt

Vivian Yenika-Agbaw is professor of children's literature and literacy at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. She teaches courses on children's and adolescent literature. Ruth McKoy Lowery is professor of literacy and associate chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. She teaches courses on children's literature and literacy education. Laura Anne Hudock is a PhD Candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at The Pennsylvania State University, where she instructs pre-service teachers in Children's Literature, Reading, and Language Arts courses. Paul H. Ricks is a doctoral candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at The Pennsylvania State University, where he currently teaches children's literature courses.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction- Critical
Thinkers and Innovative Practices Vivian Yenika-Agbaw and Ruth McKoy Lowery
Chapter 1- Exploring the Universe of Facts: Outstanding Nonfiction and
Biographies Deborah Thompson Chapter 2- Picture Book Biographies as Mentor
Texts Leslie Colabucci, and Vivian Yenika-Agbaw Chapter 3- Mirrors and
Windows for All: Nonfiction Picture Books as Tools for Understanding
Disabilities Patricia A. Crawford, and Kaybeth Calabria Chapter 4-
Challenging Gifted and Talented Readers with Nonfiction Texts Margot Dickey
and Laura Anne Hudock Chapter 5- Nonfiction Instruction for English
Language Learners Xiaodi Zhou and Danling Fu Chapter 6- Differentiating and
Promoting Critical Thinking with Nonfiction Multimodal Text Sets Danielle
Hartsfield and Nicole Maxwell Chapter 7- Creating an Appealing and Usable
Classroom Library of High Quality Diverse Nonfiction Texts Cuthbert
Roland-Storm Conclusion- A Few Thoughts on Using Nonfiction Texts in the
21st Century Classroom Paul H. Ricks About the Editors About the
Contributors