Basic Early Literacy Skills: Strategies and Lessons for Improving - Softcover

Basic Early Literacy Skills provides all the resources necessary for educating readers from grades K-3. From very basic lessons on sound and enunciation, the text advances into more challenging concepts such as word recognition, punctuation, and interpretation. The book thereby provides instruction on all levels of literary fluency: developing struggling readers into adept students with ears for pronunciation and eyes for comprehensive understanding. Not only does this book provide specific instructional strategies for classroom productivity, but it also includes games and illustrated handouts that foster effective learning and pleasure for reading. Essential for all elementary educators, Basic Early Literary Skills is a step-by-step guide to classroom reading instruction: presenting the most effective techniques and the swiftest improvement.

Bob Algozzine, special needs expert and professor of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina, works with educators to improve learning conditions of the academically challenged. In addition to earning his PhD in Education, Mr. Algozzine has acquired over 25 years of experience in educational research. Today, he is a staff developer, conference speaker, and educational consultant in North Carolina, and lives near Charlotte. Mary Beth Marr, Professor of Literary Education at Meredith College, conducts research on early literacy and struggling readers. She lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tina McClanahan is an expert on literacy education for young children, particularly between Pre-K and Second Grade. She currently lives in Matthews, North Carolina, with her family. Emme Barnes is a literacy facilitator at her elementary school in North Carolina. She specializes in students between first and second grade, and has received the Ten Outstanding Young Charlotteans Award for her contributions to elementary literacy. Ms. Barnes now works as an educator in Charlotte, North Carolina.