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Creating an Integrated Approach to Literacy Instruction re-released!
If you've ever looked for the comprehensive book that explores the nature of literacy instruction with a specific emphasis on teaching students about written text, then look no further than this 1996 re-print. TextProject is proud to release a downloadable electronic version of the book.
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Recent Frankly Freddy Posts
31 October 2013
Summary of Kenji Hakuta on English Language Learners and the Common Core State Standards
Summary of Kenji Hakuta's explaination of the relationship between language and content in students’ learning and how the CCSS supports this relationship.
30 August 2013
Reading Rules for Becoming Proficient with Complex Texts
Freddy's reading rules: Read more. Mostly silent. Focus on knowledge.
23 August 2013
Why Becoming a Nation of Readers Is Still Relevant
Whenever a new document comes out, such as Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children in 1998, Teaching Children to Read (report of the National Reading Panel) in 2000, and now CCSS, in 2010, my thoughts turn to the first national project in which I was involved—as the director of the staff that worked with the Commission of Reading and produced the report Becoming a Nation of Readers in 1985.
What's New
26 November 2013
Research Article
Creating an Integrated Approach to Literacy Instruction
Reprint of the 1996 edition of Taffy E. Raphael & Elfrieda H. Hiebert's Creating an Integrated Approach to Literacy Instruction.
20 November 2013
Presentation
The Understanding Language Initiative to Support Attainment of Content and English Language Proficiency Standards
Presentation slides for Dr. Hakuta's webinar on November 20, 2013.
19 November 2013
Article
Informational Text and the CCSS
Dr. Duke presents the pitfalls and potentials of the CCSS as it relates to informational texts. She explains the differences between previous and current definitions for key words used in the CCSS.