Teaching reading & writing : combining skills, strategies & literature /

Savage, John F., 1938-,

Teaching reading & writing : combining skills, strategies & literature / [print] John F. Savage. - second edition. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, (c)1998. - xiii, 514 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Rev. edition of: Teaching reading using literature. c1994.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Literature and literacy in the elementary classroom -- World of children's literature -- Organizing and managing a literature-based reading program -- Early literacy -- Recognizing and decoding words: vocabulary study in a literature-based program -- Reading comprehension: understanding narrative text -- Reading and writing across the curriculum: comprehending expository text -- Role of the library in a literature-based reading program -- Sharing literature through oral reading -- Reading-writing connections -- Learning spectrum: using literature with exceptional learners -- Using multicultural literature: working with diverse learners -- Assessing literacy development.



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Reading (Elementary)
Children's literature--Study and teaching (Elementary)

LB1573.S264.T433 1998