Synopses & Reviews
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Designed for practicing and preservice teachers and focused on strengthening literacy in both elementary and secondary inclusion classrooms, this book emphasizes programming for generalization and maintenance of reading and writing skills. Sheila Alber-Morgan presents empirically validated practices for teaching language arts such as guided notes, response cards, peer-mediated instruction, self-monitoring, direct instruction, curriculum-based measurement, and response to intervention. Readers will also find motivating activities for integrating language arts for enrichment or remediation. Using RTI to Teach Literacy to Diverse Learners, K-8 is an ideal working tool that allows teachers to read about and immediately implement the author's instructional procedures for reading and writing in their own classrooms.
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"In a small volume, Sheila Alber-Morgan addresses RTI in a much more comprehensive way than other texts. The book provides critical features of RTI across reading, writing, handwriting, and spelling and is packed with practical information for each
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Practical intervention strategies for diverse learners who struggle with literacy
Covering both reading and writing, this book shows K-8 teachers how to build the literacy skills of diverse learners in inclusive classrooms. The author discusses instruction and assessment within a Response to Intervention (RTI) framework and how to provide targeted support to students who may require special attention. The book offers: Specific literacy intervention strategies for each tier in a 3-tier RTI frameworkExamples of assessments and graphic organizersBrief case studies illustrating how the strategies can be used with studentsA discussion on using thematic units to integrate reading and writing
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Covering reading and writing, this book provides specific interventions for tiers 1, 2, and 3 within a multi-tier RTI framework so diverse learners can experience successful literacy.