TY - BOOK AU - Tompkins,Gail E. TI - Literacy for the 21st century: a balanced approach SN - 0131190768 AV - LB1576 .T657 2006 U1 - 372.6 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Upper Saddle River, NJ PB - Pearson Education/Merrill/Prentice Hall KW - Language arts (Elementary) KW - Literature KW - Study and teaching (Elementary) KW - Reading (Elementary) KW - Literacy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt.1. What is a balanced approach to literacy instruction -- Becoming an effective teacher of reading -- Teaching the reading and writing processes -- Pt. 2. How do children learn to read and write? -- Working with young readers and writers -- Cracking the alphabetic code -- Developing fluent readers and writers -- Expanding students' knowledge of words -- Facilitating students' comprehension: reader factors -- Facilitating students' comprehension: text factors -- Assessing students' literacy development -- Pt. 3. How do teachers organize literacy instruction? -- Teaching with basal reading textbooks -- Teaching literature focus units -- Orchestrating literature circles -- Implementing reading and writing workshop -- Reading and writing in the content areas -- Pt. 4. Compendium of instructional procedures ER -