Literacy Moments

This book provides teachers with the tools to capture teachable opportunities as literacy moments: brief, authentic, joyful encounters with texts in all forms. Here, teachers learn to nurture joyful readers by infusing their classrooms’ daily lives with authentic literacy moments every day.

Jacqueline Witter-Easley

Introduction Part 1: Creating a "Literacy Moments" Learning Environment-An Introduction Chapter 1: Do You Have What It Takes? Nurturing Joyful Readers Chapter 2: Cultivating a Vibrant Classroom Library with Culturally Responsive Books Chapter 3: Empowering Beginning Readers Through Author Studies Part 2: Literacy Moments for Word Recognition and Vocabulary Development-An Introduction Chapter 4: Immersing Students in a Print-Rich "Literacy Moments" Environment Chapter 5: Integrating Popular Culture to Facilitate Foundational Literacy Skills Chapter 6: Integrating the Arts in Literacy Instruction Part 3: Literacy Moments for Developing Comprehension Processes-An Introduction Chapter 7: Pre-Reading Activities Chapter 8: During-Reading Activities Chapter 9: Post-Reading Activities Appendix: Diverse Children's Authors and Their Birthdays Reference List Children's Books Cited About the Author