What’s Hot in Literacy

Evan Ortlieb is Professor and Dean of the Zucker Family School of Education at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Stephanie Grote-Garcia is a certified Reading Specialist and Master Reading Teacher as well as Professor at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Jack Cassidy is Professor Emeritus at Millersville University in Millersville, Pennsylvania, USA. Earl H. Cheek, Jr. is Patrick and Edwidge Olinde Endowed Professor Emeritus at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

• Chapter 1. Digital Literacies for Disciplinary Learning: Pedagogies Youth Deserve; Michael Manderino, Jill CastekChapter 2. Disciplinary Literacy: Exemplary Processes and Promising Practices; Christina L. Dobbs, Jacy Ippolito, Megin Charner-LairdChapter 3. Early Literacy: Home, School, Neighborhood; Bonnie Johnson, Yvonne Pratt-JohnsonChapter 4. English Learners: The Quest for Linguistically Responsive Questioning: Using Knowledge of English Oral Proficiency Levels to Engage English Learners; Kouider Mokhtari, Joyce Nutta, Carine Strebel, Florin Mihai, Edwidge CrevecoeurChapter 5. Assessment, Instruction, and Learning: What’s the Difference?; Devere WosleyChapter 6. Adolescent Literacy: A Historical Look at What has Worked and What is Working Today; Evan Ortlieb, Earl H. Cheek, Jr.Chapter 7. Teacher Preparation is Hot and Should Be!; Diane Kern, Aimee Morewood, Allison Swan Dagen, Miriam Martinez, Samuel DeJulio, Janis Jarmon, Misty SailorsChapter 8. Sequencing Instruction in Writing Assignments to Build Purpose and Promote Student Engagement; Sue Oakes Verlaan, Wolfram VerlaanChapter 9. Social, Emotional, and Cultural Learning in Literacy; J. Helen Perkins, Crystal D. Cook, Casey D. WrightChapter 10. Re-Conceptualizing Literacy Instruction to Accelerate; Dana A. Robertson, Evelyn Ford-Connors, Susan Dougherty, Jeanne R. ParatoreChapter 11. What's Hot in Literacy? Phonics and Phonemic Awareness; Julia B. Lindsey, Rachelle Kuehl, Heidi Anne Mesmer