Publisher's Synopsis
"High-quality literacy instruction is necessary for all learners, and building a solid literacy foundation is of paramount importance during the elementary grades. Part of the Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher series edited by Mark Onuscheck and Jeanne Spiller, Reading and Writing Instruction for Fourth- and Fifth-Grade Classrooms in a PLC at Work outlines how collaborative teams in professional learning communities (PLCs) support and encourage the literacy development of all students. Author Kathy Tuchman Glass provides fourth- and fifth-grade teachers tools and strategies for designing standards-aligned instruction, assessments, extensions, and interventions. By reading this book, teachers will address specific literacy challenges and situations found within their grade band and explore methods to collaboratively provide a guaranteed and viable curriculum for every student"--.
