Teaching the Dimensions of Literacy

This text provides both the conceptual knowledge to support teachers' instructional decisions in the reading/literacy classroom and a multitude of instructional strategy lessons for classroom use with both monolingual and bilingual students.

Stephen Kucer is Associate Professor of Language and Literacy Education, Washington State University at Vancouver. Cecilia Silva is Professor of Education, Texas Christian University.

Preface Part I Introducing the Dimensions of Literacy and Their Instruction 1. Introducing the Dimensions of Literacy 2. The Developmental Dimension and Instruction Part II: Conceptual Frameworks and Strategy Lessons 3. The Nature of the Linguistic and other Sign Systems Dimension of Literacy: The Reader and Writer as Code Breaker and Code Maker 4. Teaching the Linguistic and Other Sign Systems Dimension of Literacy 5. The Nature of the Cognitive Dimension of Literacy: The Reader and Writer as Meaning Maker 6. Teaching the Cognitive Dimension of Literacy 7. The Nature of the Sociocultural Dimension of Literacy: The Reader and Writer as Text User and Text Critic 8. Teaching the Sociocultural Dimension of Literacy Part III: Putting It All Together 9. A Dimensional Literacy Curriculum. References. Index