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Title Promising practices for urban reading instruction / Pamela A. Mason, Jeanne Shay Schumm, editors.

Imprint Newark, Del. : International Reading Association, 2003.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  372.4 P965P    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  372.4 P965P c.2  Check Shelf
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Description xx, 552 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Right 1. Children have a right to appropriate early reading instruction based on their individual needs -- Introduction / Dolores B. Malcolm -- Good Reading Instruction Is More Important Than Who Provides the Instruction or Where It Takes Place / Wanda B. Hedrick and Alice B. Pearish -- Talking the Walk / Marjorie Faulstich Orellana and Arcelia Hernández -- Early Literacy for Inner-City Children : The Effects of Reading and Writing Interventions in English and Spanish During the Preschool Years / David B. Yaden, Jr. [and others] -- Right 2. Children have a right to reading instruction that builds both the skill and the desire to read increasingly complex materials -- Introduction / Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt -- A Comparison of Innercity Children's Interpretations of Reading and Writing Instruction in the Early Grades in Skills-Based and Whole Language Classrooms / Karin L. Dahl and Penny A. Freppon -- Breaking Down Barriers That Disenfranchise African American Adolescent Readers in Low-Level Tracks / Alfred W. Tatum -- Right 3. Children have a right to well-prepared teachers who keep their skills up to date through effective professional development -- Introduction / William T. Hammond -- Cultural Attitudes Toward Reading : Implications for Teachers of ESL/Bilingual Readers / Mary Lee Field and Jo Ann Aebersold -- Know Thyself and Understand Others / Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt -- Right 4. Children have a right to access a wide variety of books and other reading material in classroom, school, and community libraries -- Introduction / Barbara J. Diamond -- 3.6 Minutes Per Day : The Scarcity of Informational Texts in First Grade / Nell K. Duke -- African American Children's Literature That Helps Students Find Themselves : Selection Guidelines for Grades K-3 / Bena R. Hefflin and Mary Alice Barksdale-Ladd -- Right 5. Children have a right to reading assessment that identifies their strengths as well as their needs and involves them in making decisions about their own learning.
Introduction / Janette K. Klingner -- The Evils of the Use of IQ Tests to Define Learning Disabilities in First- and Second-Language Learners / Lee Gunderson and Linda S. Siegel -- Three Paradigms of Assessment : Measurement, Procedure, and Inquiry / Frank Serafini -- Right 6. Children who are struggling with reading have a right to receive intensive instruction from professionals specifically prepared to teach reading -- Introduction / David Hernandez III -- Finding the Keys to Educational Progress in Urban Youth : Three Case Studies / Susan Babbitt and Maureen Byrne -- The Role of the Reading Specialist : A Review of Research / Diana J. Quatroche, Rita M. Bean, and Rebecca L. Hamilton -- Right 7. Children have a right to reading instruction that involves parents and communities in their academic lives -- Introduction / Patricia A. Edwards -- Making Kids Winners : New Perspectives About Literacy From Urban Elementary School Principals / Jennifer C. Danridge, Patricia A. Edwards, and Heather M. Pleasants -- Stopping the Silence : Hearing Parents' Voices in an Urban First-Grade Family Literacy Program / Robert J. Nistler and Angela Maiers -- Right 8. Children have the right to reading instruction that makes meaningful use of their first language skills -- Introduction / Robert S. Rueda -- Reading as Situated Language : A Sociocognitive Perspective / James Paul Gee -- Voices of the Teenage Diasporas / Lee Gunderson -- Positioning in a Middle School Culture : Gender, Race, Social Class, and Power / Donna Mahar -- Right 9. Children have a right to equal access to the technology used for the improvement of reading instruction -- Introduction / Paola Pilonieta and William E. Blanton -- The Effects of Concurrent Classroom and Home Instructional Video-Game Use on Student Achievement : A Preliminary Study / Jay Blanchard, John Behrens, and Gary Anderson -- Internet Workshop : Making Time for L. Internet Workshop : Making Time for Literacy / Donald J. Leu, Jr. -- The Miss Rumphius Effect : Envisionments for Literacy and Learning That Transform the Internet.
Donald J. Leu, Jr., Rachel A. Karchmer, and Deborah Diadiun Leu -- Right 10. Children have a right to classrooms that optimize learning opportunities -- Introduction / Jeanne R. Paratore -- "If You Can Pass Momma's Tests, Then She Knows You're Getting Your Education" : A Case Study of Support for Literacy Learning Within an African American Family / James F. Baumann and Deborah Thomas -- Family and Community Involvement : The Bedrock of Reading Success / Robert B. Cooter, Jr. [and others] -- Reaching Out to a Diversity of Learners : Innovative Educators Need Substantial Support / Joseph Sanacore -- Afterword / Jennifer D. Turner and Youb Kim -- Appendix A. The International Reading Association's Involvement in Urban Education / Carmelita K. Williams and Richard Long -- Appendix B. Annotated Bibliography of IRA Resources Related to Urban Literacy / Lina Chiappone -- Appendix C. Selected Urban Education Websites / William T. Hammond.
Summary Articles framed around the 10 literacy rights of children.
Subject City children -- Education -- United States.
Reading -- United States.
City children -- Books and reading -- United States.
Education, Urban -- Social aspects -- United States.
City children -- Books and reading. (OCoLC)fst01766864
City children -- Education. (OCoLC)fst00862108
Education, Urban -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00903320
Reading. (OCoLC)fst01090626
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Leseunterricht (DE-588)4035448-9
Stadtkind (DE-588)4138941-4
United States.
Added Author Mason, Pamela A.
Schumm, Jeanne Shay, 1947-
International Reading Association.
ISBN 0872075184
9780872075184
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