Collaborative Literacy

Using Gifted Strategies to Enrich Learning for Every Student

By: Susan E. Israel, Dorothy Sisk, Cathy Collins Block

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Hardcover | 21 July 2006

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Developed for teachers of English and literacy, this rich resource incorporates higher-level thinking and reading strategies that promote academic achievement for both gifted learners and struggling students. Susan E. Israel, Dorothy A. Sisk, and Cathy Collins Block, recognized leaders in the fields of reading and literacy, provide teachers with tools to create collaborative literacy classrooms where students can generate ideas independently, discuss them, and then develop new concepts within a group environment. Collaboration boosts critical thinking skills and helps develop and enrich reading, writing, speaking, and thinking experiences not just for gifted readers, but for all learners!

You'll gain important insights on:

* Understanding how collaborative literacy affects gifted students and your entire classroom

* Building collaborative literacy using specific resources such as adaptable lessons and activities

* Creating an enriched collaborative literacy environment for all students

* Involving parents in collaborative literacy learning

* Stimulating creativity to increase critical thinking and develop richer comprehension

Develop higher-level thinking and reading strategies to help your students become independent researchers, writers, and readers!

Industry Reviews

"From the theoretical foundation to the practical reproducibles, this book provides the practitioner with a fully integrated approach to increasing literacy at the classroom level."

-- Natalie Bernasconi, Teacher
"An outstanding guide. Artfully demonstrates how teachers may meet regular education standards as well as standards of differentiation for gifted students in the classroom." -- Darlene Boyd, Director
"Provides useful information to assist teachers in enhancing language arts instruction through group activities. The strengths of the volume are its readability, use of concrete examples, inclusion of implementation forms, coverage of relevant topics, recommendations for teacher implementation, and variety of suggested resources." -- PsycCRITIQUES, July 2007, Vol. 52(27)
"The book provides an excellent contribution through its complementary use of research and successful strategies. The resources of existing literacy research were skillfully reapplied to construct rationales, organization, and implementation of collaborative literacy practices for every student, teacher, and parent." -- Education Review: A Journal of Book Reviews, June 2008

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