Literacy in the student-centered classroom a practical approach to setup, design, and implementation /

• Main Author: Williamson, Julie, 1968-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2008.
• Subjects: Language arts.; Classroom management.; EDUCATION > Language Experience Approach.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

Are students more capable of acting appropriately when they know exactly what is expected of them? Of course they are. Literacy in the Student-Centered Classroom explains classroom management, the role of assessments in learning, and various methodsfor engaging students. In a step-by-step fashion, t...

Table of Contents:

• The beginning of the year: developing the classroom environment
• Classroom management: a model for all grade levels
• Assessment: how to use it
• Putting assessment into action: how to get out of the box
• Descriptive writing: breaking down the process
• Poetry: a student-centered approach
• Research projects: expository writing in action
• Tying it all together: why it works
• Appendix A: the effects of metacognition and journal writing to improve reading comprehension in the battle ground school district.