Teachers - Want to be a gourmet classroom literacy chef?
What does this website have to offer you?
Whether a fancy feast or a simple lunch... Learn effective best-practices!
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If you are a teacher candidate or a practicing teacher this website was made for you!
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The site is designed to provide you with the what and the how of effective literacy education right from the entrée to dessert.
It was developed by university-based and school-based literacy experts, working together to put what is known about best practice into a form that we hope you will find both effective and practical. Think of this site as a "cooking site" and explore it to build your skills as a gourmet literacy chef.
Beginning Skills to Advanced Lessons: Site Shows How Experts use Spices to Enhance the Flavors!
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An overview of what is involved in effective literacy education in the elementary grades – a "balanced literacy diet"
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Explanations of the key "food groups" for literacy – the essential ingredients for promoting growth in literacy
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Hundreds of "recipes for literacy" and "how-to videos" showing how to prepare appealing and nutritious literacy lessons
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Virtual visits to the classrooms of teachers who have a variety of different cooking styles but are all "gourmet classroom chefs"
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Suggestions for adapting the recipes to meet the literacy diet needs of all students so no student is malnourished and all enjoy their meals!
More Resources to Support Literacy Teachers
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Literacy resources for Teachers on Reading Rockets (http://www.readingrockets.org)
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Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read
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Explore TOP 10 recommendations for Teachers in Larry Ferlazzo’s Best of … series
PreK Teacher Engaged with Early Literacy Instruction
