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| Title Statement | Shifting the balance: 6 ways to bring the science of reading into the balanced literacy classroom / Jan Burkins, Kari Yates. |
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| Author | Burkins, Jan Miller, 1968- |
| Additional Contributors | Yates, Kari |
| Publication | ©2021Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Stenhouse Publishers,[2021] |
| Extent of Item | xiii, 183 pages |
| ISBN | 9781625315106 (pbk.) 1625315104 (pbk.) |
| Other Number | 4310376 |
| General Notes | "K-2"--Cover. |
| Contents | Embracing science and balance -- Shift 1: Rethinking how reading comprehension begins -- Shift 2: Recommitting to phonemic awareness instruction -- Shift 3: Reimagining the way we teach phonics -- Shift 4: Revising high-frequency word instruction -- Shift 5: Reinventing the ways we use MSV (3 cueing systems) -- Shift 6: Reconsidering texts for beginning readers. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-174) and index. |
| Summary | The writers introduce a handful of instructional shifts offered from an invitational stance to help readers consider research beyond a one size fits all mentality and confront their own biases and misunderstandings as they explore ways Balanced Literacy practitioners can reimagine early literacy instruction by incorporating some powerful tenants from the Science of Reading. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Reading--Phonetic method--Study and teaching (Early childhood) |
| Reading comprehension--Study and teaching (Early childhood) | |
| Reading (Early childhood) | |
