Best Practices in Literacy Instruction

Seventh Edition

Edited by Lesley Mandel Morrow, Ernest Morrell, and Heather Kenyon Casey
Foreword by Gholnecsar (Gholdy) E. Muhammad
Afterword by Cornelius Minor

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This authoritative text and PreK–12 teacher resource is now in a substantially revised seventh edition with 80% new material, foregrounding advances in inclusive, equitable instruction. Teachers are guided through every major component of reading, as well as assessment, motivation, teaching bilingual learners, strengthening connections with families and communities, and more. The book presents principles and strategies for teaching literature and nonfiction texts, organizing and differentiating instruction, supporting struggling readers, and promoting digital literacy. Pedagogical features include chapter-opening bulleted previews of key points; reviews of the research evidence; recommendations for best practices in action, with examples from exemplary classrooms; and end-of-chapter engagement activities.

New to This Edition

“Recommended for literacy teachers of all skill levels.”

Choice Reviews (on the fourth edition)


“At a time when access to literacy should be commonplace, we continue to witness historic inequities. The seventh edition of this foundational text takes readers on a much-needed journey into the literacy lives of children from diverse backgrounds. It shares evidence-based, innovative ideas from multiple experts in the field. I often remind my students that, when it comes to children's learning, 'You must reach them to teach them!' This book provides guidance on how to reach all children—and effectively teach them.”

—Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon, PhD, Professor of Literacy and Coordinator, Literacy, Culture, and Language Doctoral Program, Oakland University


“The revised seventh edition addresses the foundations of what we know about reading comprehension, vocabulary and language development, and writing, across grades and content areas. It offers dedicated attention to the complex, multidimensional demands of literacy skills, with a social justice focus on how best practices can contribute to robust learning for all students. Across the chapters, the book illustrates the centrality of the cultural repertoires that students bring to the classroom, and shows how to recruit and sustain these repertoires in instruction. This volume is both a theoretical and practical guide that can support learning in teacher preparation programs as well as professional learning communities.”

—Carol D. Lee, PhD, Edwina S. Tarry Professor Emerita, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University


“Each edition of this text brings essential knowledge to the field. The seventh edition highlights the complexity of literacy and the need to reconsider traditional views and approaches to teaching literacy at all grade levels. I recommend the text as a whole for graduate-level courses on literacy, while individual chapters can augment undergraduate courses. Chapters are written by experts in the field, and students will benefit from the comprehensive and critical approach.”

—Danielle V. Dennis, PhD, Dean and Professor, College of Education and Professional Studies, University of Rhode Island

Table of Contents

Foreword, Gholnecsar (Gholdy) E. Muhammad

I. Situating Best Practices: Comprehensive and Culturally, Responsive Literacy Instruction

1. Current Issues and Best Practices in Literacy Instruction, P. David Pearson, Christina L. Madda, & Taffy E. Raphael

2. Best Practices to Promote Social Justice and Equity in the Literacy Classroom, Ernest Morrell

3. Best Practices for Motivating Students to Read, Ana Taboada Barber & John T. Guthrie

II. Best Practices throughout the Grades

4. Best Practices in Early Literacy, Lesley Mandel Morrow, Susan Dougherty, & Diane Tracey sample

5. Best Practices for Literacy in the Intermediate and Middle Grades, Heather Kenyon Casey

6. Best Practices for Literacy in High School, Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey

7. Best Practices for Integrating Children’s Literature into the Life of the Classroom, Kathy G. Short

8. Best Practices for Organizing and Differentiating for Equitable Literacy Instruction, D. Ray Reutzel & Parker C. Fawson

III. Evidence-Based Practices for Literacy Teaching and Learning

9. Best Practices for Developing Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Word Study to Support Fluent Reading, Donald R. Bear

10. Best Practices in Fluency Instruction, Melanie Kuhn, Timothy Rasinski, & Chase Young

11. Best Practices in Vocabulary Instruction, Kathy Ganske

12. Best Practices for Developing Comprehension across Genres, Nell K. Duke & Nicole M. Martin

13. Best Practices in Teaching Writers, Kelly Gallagher & Penny Kittle

14. Best Practices in Reading Nonfiction: Understanding the Possibilities and Problems, Robert Probst & Kylene Beers

15. Best Practices in Digital Literacy, Troy Hicks

IV. Best Practices to Meet Targeted Needs

16. Best Practices to Support the Literacy Development of Bilingual Learners, Ofelia García & Claudia Cervantes-Soon

17. Best Practices to Change the Trajectory of Students Experiencing Reading Difficulties, Victoria J. Risko & Doris Walker-Dalhouse

18. Best Practices to Support Achieving Yet “Invisible” Literacy Learners, Diane Lapp, Toni Faddis, & Alejandro Gonzalez Ojeda

19. Best Practices in Literacy Assessment, Nancy Frey, Alejandro Gonzalez Ojeda, & Douglas Fisher

V. Sustaining Best Practices: The Importance of Building Connections

20. Best Practices Linking Professional Learning, Literacy Coaching, and Equity, Sharon Walpole, Faith Muirhead, & Jaime True Daley

21. Best Practices for Home, School, and Community Partnerships: Collaborating for Social Justice and Equity, Patricia A. Edwards & Jacquelyn S. Sweeney

Epilogue. Literacy Practicing: Repositioning Teachers as Cultural Workers and Ecopedagogues toward Creating Learning Cultures, Robert J. Tierney & P. David Pearson

Afterword. Teaching Literacy in the Dystopia of Now: A Call to Action, Cornelius Minor

Index


About the Editors

Lesley Mandel Morrow, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Literacy and Director of the Center for Literacy Development at the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Her research deals with early literacy development and the organization and management of language arts programs and literacy-rich environments. Dr. Morrow has published more than 300 journal articles, chapters, and books. Her work has been recognized with awards including the Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading Award and the William S. Gray Citation of Merit, both from the International Literacy Association (ILA), and the Oscar S. Causey Award for outstanding contributions to reading research from the Literacy Research Association. Dr. Morrow is past president of the ILA and is a member and past president of the Reading Hall of Fame.

Ernest Morrell, PhD, is Associate Dean of Humanities and Equity in the College of Arts and Letters, Coyle Professor of Literacy Education, Faculty in English and Africana Studies, and Director of the Center for Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame. He is an elected Fellow of the American Educational Research Association and a past president of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Dr. Morrell’s scholarly interests include literacy studies, critical media pedagogy, English education, postcolonial literatures, the African Diaspora, and youth popular culture. He is the recipient of the NCTE Distinguished Service Award, the Kent Williamson Leadership Award from the Conference for English Leadership, and the Divergent Award for 21st Century Literacies. He has written more than 90 articles and book chapters and has authored or edited more than ten books.

Heather Kenyon Casey, PhD, is Professor of Literacy Education at Rider University, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in literacy, coordinates the graduate-level literacy concentration, and is Site Director of the National Writing Project. A former middle school language arts teacher and a certified reading specialist, Dr. Casey is past co-chair of the Adolescent Literacy Task Force and the Literacy Reform Task Force of the International Literacy Association (ILA). Her research focuses on the use of collaborative learning structures and new literacies to support adolescent literacy development and engagement. She has published numerous articles and book chapters in these areas and recently edited a series for the ILA, Literacy Practices That Adolescents Deserve. She has also led several grants in partnership with the National Writing Project focusing on building teacher leadership.

Contributors

Donald R. Bear, PhD, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and University of Nevada, Reno, NV

Kylene Beers, EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY; Yale University, New Haven, CT

Claudia Cervantes-Soon, PhD, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Jaime True Daley, EdD, Professional Development Center for Educators, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Susan M. Dougherty, EdD, College of Education and Human Services, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ

Nell K. Duke, EdD, Center for Early Literacy Success, Stand for Children, Phoenix, AZ; and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Patricia A. Edwards, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Toni Faddis, EdD, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Parker C. Fawson, EdD, Utah State University, Logan, UT

Douglas Fisher, PhD, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Nancy Frey, PhD, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Kelly Gallagher, MEd, California State University, Long Beach, CA; and University of California, Berkeley, CA

Linda B. Gambrell, PhD, Eugene T. Moore School of Education, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Kathy Ganske, PhD, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Ofelia García, PhD, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY

John T. Guthrie, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Troy Hicks, PhD, Central Michigan University, MT. Pleasant, MI

Penny Kittle, MAT, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

Melanie R. Kuhn, PhD, Purdue University College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Diane Lapp, EdD, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Christina L. Madda, PhD, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

Nicole M. Martin, PhD, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Cornelius Minor, MS, The Minor Collective, Brooklyn, NY

Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad, PhD, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL

Faith Muirhead, PhD, Professional Development Center for Educators, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Alejandro Gonzalez Ojeda, EdD, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; and Health Sciences High and Middle College, San Diego, CA

P. David Pearson, PhD, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Robert E. Probst, EdD, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Taffy E. Raphael, PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Timothy Rasinski, PhD, Reading and Writing Center, Kent State University, Kent, OH

D. Ray Reutzel, PhD, Early Childhood Education, Utah State University, Logan, UT

Victoria J. Risko, EdD, Department of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Kathy G. Short, PhD, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Jacquelyn S. Sweeney, PhD, College of Education, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD

Ana Taboada Barber, PhD, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Robert J. Tierney, PhD, Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Diane H. Tracey, Endean University, Union, NJ

Doris Walker-Dalhouse, PhD, College of Education, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI; and Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN

Sharon Walpole, PhD, Professional Development Center for Educators, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Chase Young, PhD, School of Teaching and Learning, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

Audience

Teacher educators and graduate students; teachers in PreK–12; literacy specialists and staff developers.

Course Use

Serves as a text in graduate-level courses such as Methods of Reading Instruction, Teaching Literacy in the Elementary School, and Reading Diagnosis and Instruction.
Previous editions published by Guilford:

Sixth Edition, © 2019
ISBN: 9781462536771

Fifth Edition, © 2015
ISBN: 9781462517190

Fourth Edition, © 2011
ISBN: 9781609181789

Third Edition, © 2007
ISBN: 9781593853914

Second Edition, © 2003
ISBN: 9781572308756

First Edition, © 1999
ISBN: 9781572304437
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