Teaching new literacies in Grades 4-6 : resources for 21st-century classrooms Edited by Barbara Moss, Diane Lapp
Publication details: New York ; The Guilford Press ; c2010 Description: xi, 354 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781606235010Subject(s): 1. Language arts (Elementary) -- United States. 2. Media literacy -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States. 3. Visual literacy -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States. 4. Literacy -- Social aspects -- United StatesDDC classification: 372.6 TEA| Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Contents:
1 Introduction
Part I Teaching the Genres
2 Transforming Traditional Tales to Improve Comprehension and Composition
3 Every Story Has a Problem: How to Improve Student Narrative Writing in Grades 4-6
4 Teaching Poetry
5 Using Readers' Theater to Engage Students with Drama
6 Teaching Journalistic Style: A Newspaper Genre Study
7 Using Procedural Texts and Documents to Develop Functional Literacy in Students: The Key to Their Future in a World of Words
8 Going Beyond Opinion: Teaching Elementary Students to Write Persuasively
9 Reading Biography: Evaluating Information across Texts
Part II Teaching Other Genres
10 Using Comic Literature with Older Students
11 Using Primary-Source Documents and Digital Storytelling as a Catalyst for Writing Historical Fiction in the Fourth Grade
12 No Stripping Allowed: Reading and Writing Political Cartoons
13 Hip-Hop Photo Song: Self-Expressing through Hip-Hop as Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
14 Exploring High-Stakes Tests as a Genre C
15 Reading a Science Experiment: Deciphering the Language of Scientists
16 Reading + Mathematics = SUCCESS: Using Literacy Strategies to Enhance Problem-Solving Skills
17 Promoting Literacythrough Visual Aids: Teaching Students to Read Graphs, Maps, Charts, and Tables
18 Critically Reading Advertisements: Examining Visual Images and Persuasive Language
19 Reading Web-Based Electronic Texts: Using Think-Alouds to Help Students Begin to Understand the Process
20 Developing Critical Literacy: Comparatively Reading Multiple Text Sources in a Sixth-Grade Classroom
Part III Crafting the Genre
21 Using Written Response for Reading Comprehension of Literary Text
22 Reading Persuasive Texts
23 Writing a Biography: Creating Powerful Insights into History and Personal Lives
24 Monumental Ideas for Teaching Report Writing through a Visit to Washington
25 Writing Summaries of Expository Text Using the Magnet Summary Strategy
26 Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Includes bibliographical reference and index
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