This interactive guide is designed as a scaffold to help teacher candidates learn the concepts from literacy methods classes, apply the strategies to topics they will encounter in their classrooms, and understand the ideas as both a teacher and a learner.
The topics covered include the most common content taught in literacy education methods courses, from becoming engaged with required readings from text, understanding phonemic awareness and phonics and how to teach them, to learning about fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension instruction. Included in each chapter are research-based background information and specific strategies teacher candidates can put to use in their own classrooms. Each strategy description includes a rationale, procedures for implementing the strategy, and connections to K-8 classrooms. All strategies include modifications for English Language Learners and most offer assessment ideas to help teacher candidates understand how to implement the strategies in their future classrooms.