A01=Jacqueline Witter-Easley
Author_Jacqueline Witter-Easley
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children's books
creating literacy moments
culturally responsive books
elementary school
elementary school language arts
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getting kids to read
joyful readers
kids reading
LA
literacy learning environments
nuturing readers
preschool
professional development
reading
reading in the classroom
Product details
- ISBN 9781475847338
- Weight: 204g
- Dimensions: 151 x 219mm
- Publication Date: 05 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the course of any given day in an early-elementary classroom, a variety of situations present themselves through which a thoughtful teacher could develop teachable moments. This book provides teachers with the tools to consider those teachable opportunities as literacy moments: brief, authentic, joyful encounters with texts in all forms. Here, teachers learn to nurture joyful readers by infusing their classrooms’ daily lives with authentic literacy moments every day. The book is organized into three sections, each section containing three chapters. The first section's chapters focus on creating a "literacy moments" learning environment, addressing both the affective and physical domains, as well as the need for teachers to undergo a mindset shift in cultivating their personal reading habits. The second section's chapters emphasize literacy moments for the foundational skills of word recognition and vocabulary development. Here, readers explore the integration of popular culture and the arts into their physical domain, as well as methods for creating and effectively using a print-rich environment. The last section's chapters target literacy moments for developing critical thinking through comprehension processes. The chapters focus on intentionally incorporating literacy moments in each stage of the reading process: pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading.
Jacqueline Witter-Easley is the dean of the Division of Professional Studies at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where she also serves as an associate professor in the Department of Education and teaches courses in elementary reading methods and creative arts. Dr. Easley is a former elementary teacher, primarily in grades one and two. She was also an assistant children’s librarian in her local public library where she created a variety of children’s programs for the community.
