Creating Literacy Instruction for All Children, Fourth Edition, is a comprehensive, practical text that provides its readers with step-by-step guidance for teaching all major aspects of reading and writing. A new, four-color design brightens the text and offers additional pedagogy. Gunning's text helps students discover approaches and techniques that fit teachers' personal styles and situations. It aims to present the major methods and strategies as fairly, completely, and clearly as possible. The text presents the theory behind the methods, so students will be free to choose, adapt, and/or construct their own approaches as they create literacy instruction. Marginal annotations highlight key concepts, provide additional information on vital issues, and list addresses of Web sites so teachers can explore sites that foster student literacy. As with previous editions, this revision endorses the viewpoint that a well-prepared classroom teacher can effectively instruct struggling readers and writers.

Table of Contents:
Every chapter begins with “Anticipation Guide” and “Using What You Know.” Every chapter concludes with “Summary,” “Extending and Applying,” “Developing a Professional Portfolio,” and “Developing a Resource File.” Most chapters end with “Essential Standards” “Assessment,” and “Help for Struggling Readers and Writers.” Preface. 1. The Nature of Literacy and Today's Children. The Nature of Reading. The Reader's Role in the Reading Process. Approaches to Reading Instruction: Whole versus Part Learning. Importance of Literacy Models. Approach Taken by This Text. Stages of Reading Development. Status of Literacy. Standards Movement. A Reading and Writing Program for Today's Students. 2. Evaluation. The Nature of Evaluation. Placement Information. Norm-Referenced Versus Criterion-Referenced Tests. Judging Assessment Measures. Reporting Performance. Rubrics. Assessment in Basal Series. Other Methods of Assessment. Self-Evaluation. Evaluating Writing. Portfolios. Basal Reader Assessment. Assessing Materials. 3. Fostering Emergent/Early Literacy. Understanding Emergent Literacy. Fostering Emergent Literacy. Core Activities for Building Emergent/Early Literacy. Reading in Preschool. Working with Parents. Family Literacy. Monitoring Emergent Literacy. 4. Teaching Phonics, High Frequency, and Syllabic Analysis. Rationale and Approaches for Phonics Instruction. How Words Are Read. How High Frequency Words Are Learned. Stages in Reading Words. Basic Principles of Phonics Instruction. Phonics Elements. Approaches to Teaching Phonics. Scope and Sequence. Adapting Basal Reader Instruction. Phonics and Spelling. Strategy Instruction. High Frequency Words. Building Fluency. Syllabic Analysis. Decodable Texts. 5. Building Vocabulary. The Need for Vocabulary Instruction. Stages of Word Knowledge. Seven Principles of Developing Vocabulary. Techniques for Teaching Words. A Planned Program. Remembering Vocabulary. Teaching Special Features of Words. Learning How to Learn Words. Supplying Corrective Feedback. 6. Comprehension: Theory and Strategies. The Process of Comprehending. Comprehension Strategies. Social-Constructivist Nature of Comprehension. Learning Environment. Integration of Strategies. Importance of Affective Factors. 7. Comprehension: Text Structures and Teaching Procedures. Nature of the Text. The Role of Questions in Comprehension. Frameworks for Fostering Comprehension. The Cloze Procedure. Critical Reading. 8. Reading in the Content Areas. Overall Goals of Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas. Using Content Area Texts. Children's Books and Periodicals in the Content Areas. Group Placement Inventory. Instructional Techniques. Teaching Content Area Knowledge. Reading for Conceptual Change. Nature of Knowledge and Skills Required in Major Content Areas. Writing to Learn. Sheltered English. Reading to Remember. Fostering Retention. SQ3R: A Theory-Based Study Strategy. Test-Taking Strategies. Study Habits. Expressive Study Skills. Metacognitive Study Strategies. 9. Experiencing Literature. Experiencing Literature. Types of Literature. Voluntary Reading. 10. Approaches to Teaching Reading. Changing Approaches to Teaching Reading. Basal Approach. Literature-Based Approach. Individualized Reading/Reading Workshop. Language Experience Approach. Whole Language. Guided Reading. Four Blocks. An Integrated Approach. 11. Writing and Reading. The Roots of Writing. Guided Writing. Process Approach to Writing. Writing Workshop. Thinking and Reading Like a Writer. Interpersonal Writing. Improving Expository Writing. Guiding the Writing of Reports. Assessing and Improving Writing: The Key Traits Approach. Technology and Writing. Reading Helps Writing. A Full Menu. 12. Diversity in the Classroom. Teaching All Students. Students at Risk. Students with Disabilities. Gifted and Talented. Inclusion. Intervention Programs. Tutoring Programs. 13. Constructing and Managing the Literacy Program. Constructing a Literacy Program. Managing a Literacy Program. Literacy and Technology. Literacy in Today and Tomorrow's World. Professional Development. References. Index. Appendix A: Graded Listing of 1000 Children's Books. Appendix B: Informal Assessment of Key Skills and Strategies.