Language and Literacy Learning in Schools / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9781593854690 Publisher: Guilford Publications, Inc. Publication date: 01/10/2007 Series: Challenges in Language and Literacy Edition description: New Edition Pages: 366 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) Age Range: 5 - 10 Years Accessible and user-friendly, this volume presents evidence-based practices for integrating language and literacy knowledge to enhance children's learning in today's standards-based classrooms. While grounded in theory and research, the book focuses on day-to-day concerns in instruction and intervention, identifying models for effective collaboration among speech-language pathologists, general and special educators, and reading specialists. Chapters cover a range of approaches for targeting core areas of literacy—word recognition, reading comprehension, writing, and spelling—with particular attention to working with students with language learning difficulties.