25 Simple Things to Do for Literacy / Edition 1

by Joan F. Groeber

Overview

Formerly a Sky Light publication.

25 Simple Things to Do for Literacy is culled from the book More than 100 Tools for Literacy in Today's Classroom. In addition to simple tasks to stimulate students' thinking and to help them become better readers and writers, each activity includes background information and instructions for conducting the activity. This ready-to-use guide is packed with strategies for improving comprehension of fictional and non-fictional texts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781575178288
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/28/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joan F. Groeber is an independent consultant and lecturer in the field of literacy and assessment. She is a visiting literacy instructor in the College of Education at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Groeber has published eight books and over thirty articles for educators from the kindergarten level to college on the topics of literacy, assessment tools, classroom management strategies, and self-evaluation.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. What's in a Name?
2. Heads Up
3. Back to Front
4. Just Like Me
5. If I Were You
6. Picture This
7. That's Your Cue
8. Taste Tempters
9. Dressed for Success
10. Here and There
11. Why Do You Think This Is So?
12. What's the Problem?
13. Weather or Not
14. Take a Second Look
15. Help Wanted
16. Remember When
17. To Whom It May Concern
18. It's an Honor
19. From the Beginning
20. Listen Up
21. Alphabet Soup
22. Tongue Twisters
23. Ginonym
24. Compound Rummy
25. Drawing a Blank
Bibliography