Differentiated Literacy Strategies for Student Growth and Achievement in Grades K-6

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"All-encompassing. I kept turning the pages and saying to myself, ‘Oh and they included this and this and this.’ I am very impressed by the range of information."
Debbie Wilks, Third Grade Teacher
Riverside Cultural Arts and History Magnet School, Wichita, KS

"Experienced teachers will remember what they have forgotten. New teachers will find that it reinforces prior learning. All teachers will learn new ideas and strategies. This book offers ideas for teachers of all levels and teachers who teach a diverse student population."
William Fitzhugh, Second Grade Teacher
Reisterstown Elementary School, Reisterstown, MD

Choose the most effective strategies to promote literacy learning for ALL the young readers, writers, speakers, and listeners in your diverse classroom!

Differentiated Literacy Strategies for Student Growth and Achievement in Grades K-6 is the resource that gives teachers an instructional and assessment framework designed to promote the multiple competencies their learners need: functional literacy for phonics, spelling, and reading; content-area literacy for vocabulary, concept attainment, and comprehension; technological literacy for information searching, evaluation, and synthesis; and innovative literacy for creativity, growth, and life-long learning.

With a focus on research-based, data-driven, and differentiated strategies, noted authors Gayle Gregory and Lin Kuzmich offer teachers’ step-by-step guides to:

1. Pre-assessing diverse learners for literacy skills, competencies, learning styles, and learning gaps
2. Implementing a broad array of high-payoff and developmentally appropriate strategies to move all students to the next stage in their literacy learning
3. Creating units, lessons, and adjustable assignments that address all four competencies in literacy learning in the differentiated classroom

With more than 100 planning models, matrixes, rubrics, and checklists included, this book is the ideal resource for all elementary teachers who want to close the achievement gap for emerging learners and insure the growth and development of all learners.

About The Authors:
Gayle H. Gregory consults throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Australia with teachers, administrators, and staff developers in the areas of differentiated instruction, emotional intelligence, brain-compatible learning, block scheduling, and instructional and assessment practices. She also works with educators in the areas of cooperative group learning, presentation skills, coaching and mentoring, renewal of secondary schools, and facilitating large-scale change. A member of both the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the National Staff Development Council, Gregory has recently written Differentiated Instructional Strategies in Practice, Second Edition: Training, Implementation, and Supervision (Corwin Press, December 2007) and her bestsellers include Differentiating Instruction With Style: Aligning Teacher and Learner Intelligences for Maximum Achievement (Corwin Press, 2005).

Lin Kuzmich, of KCS, Inc., is an educational consultant, professor, and author from Loveland, CO. She served the Thompson School District in several roles as the assistant superintendent, executive director of secondary and elementary instruction, director of professional development, and a building principal. Her school was named a 2000 winner of the John R. Irwin Award for Academic Excellence and Improvement. In addition, for the past decade she has been involved in staff development through several universities and the Tointon Institute for Educational Change. Kuzmich is an adjunct professor at both Colorado State University and University of Northern Colorado. She is a Senior Consultant for the International Center for Leadership in Education, has provided training and consulting to school districts around the country, and has presented at numerous national conferences.