Publisher's Synopsis
Breakthroughs in Literacy Breakthroughs in Literacy is filled with lively and inspirational stories from teachers who show how they overcame challenges with struggling learners—including special needs students—to make significant breakthroughs in reading and writing achievement. The teachers reveal trials, errors, and triumphs in how they discovered strategies that worked with their students and opened a path to success. Many of the approaches described are unusual and creative. One teacher explains how drawing a story in pictures can be the first step to learning narrative. Another teacher shows how comic book superheroes can be the springboard for learning important lessons about plot and character. The stories capture the "aha" moments when students finally connect with the material to gain confidence and delight in the learning process. The twenty–nine stories in Breakthroughs in Literacy are grouped into four sections: Connection: Knowing the Learner Motivation: The Right Book Can Make a Difference Engagement: Multisensory Experiences Transformation: Learning Together The four story sections are summarized with lessons learned, reflection questions, action tips, and recommended resources, making this an ideal book for teacher study and learning. "This compendium of illustrative stories is an excellent sourcebook for new and prospective teachers, indeed, anyone who wants a better picture of what it is that effective teachers do, and what effective teaching entails. And teacher educators will appreciate the well–organized way the reality of daily classroom challenges are illuminated and resolved." — George G. Hruby , Ph.D., assistant professor of literacy education, School of Teacher Education and Leadership, Utah State University
