Ginger Berninger, a seasoned researcher and former teacher, partners with 40-year teacher and teacher trainer veteran Beverly Wolf for a one-of-a-kind text that gives readers the best of both worlds: critical insights from scientific studies and lessons learned from actual teaching experience. Educators will get the research-based guidance they'll need to

• organize their classrooms, routines, and lesson plans through differentiated instruction to meet instructional needs of students with learning differences and their peers
• improve every aspect of students' literacy, including reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills, by providing both oral and written language instruction
• create a positive learning environment that promotes intellectual engagement
• apply a specific framework for instruction that helps students overcome working memory inefficiencies and fluency problems
• consider how preservice teacher education and inservice professional development can prepare teachers for differentiated instruction in general education

Throughout the book, relevant research findings from diverse fields—including genetics, neuroscience, cognitive science, linguistics, and education—show teachers the why behind the how. And the extensive instructional guidelines, applicable across school settings and specific curricula, offer innovative approaches to practice that will help teachers successfully meet the needs of individual students. An essential part of every teacher's preparation, this text ensures that educators are ready to deliver effective, individually tailored instruction to students with dysgraphia, dyslexia, and oral and written language disabilities.

Introduction

Acknowledgments

I. Beginnings: From the Past to the Present

1. Historical and Contemporary Contexts

2. Organizational Issues and Instructional Approaches
   

   Appendix: Information for Obtaining Instructional Programs Listed in Table 2.1

3. Teaching Oral Language
   

   Appendix A: Questions of the Day
   Appendix B: Children's Books that Help with Language Learning

4. Teaching Reading
   

   Appendix A: Concept Words that Reinforce Comprehension
   Appendix B: Small, Important Words that May Require Special Instruction

5. Teaching Writing
6. Teaching Across Language Systems with Intellectual Engagement

7. Contributions from Science Disciplines
8. Contributions from Clinical Disciplines
9. Contributions from Instructional Disciplines
10. Creating Building-Level Plans for Teaching All Students Effectively and Efficiently

11. Preservice Teacher Education
    

    Appendix: Recommended Readings and/or Instructional Resources for Supervised Practica for Preservice Teacher Education

12. In-Service Teacher Education and Models for Teacher Mentoring
    

    Appendix: Representative Syllabi for Professional Development of Educators

13. Commencement: From Book Endings to New Beginnings

Index