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 is the dean of the Division of Professional Studies at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where she also serves as an associate professor in the Department of Education and teaches courses in elementary reading methods and creative arts. Dr. Easley is a former elementary teacher, primarily in grades one and two. She was also an assistant children's librarian in her local public library where she created a variety of children's programs for the community.

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