Chapter 1 - Defining Balance, Finding Balance
Chapter 2 - Whole Class Reading Instruction: High-Level Support for
Learning
Chapter 3 - Whole Class Writing Instruction: High-Level Support for
Learning
Chapter 4 - Collaborative Reading and Writing: Learning in the
Company of Peers
Chapter 5 - Small Group Reading Instruction: Targeted Support
Through Guided Learning
Chapter 6 - Small Group Writing Instruction: Targeted Support
Through Guided Learning
Chapter 7 - Independent Reading: Practicing, Applying, and
Extending Learning
Chapter 8 - Independent Writing Instruction: Practicing, Applying,
and Extending Learning
Chapter 9 - Assessment and Intervention in the Balanced Literacy
Classroom: Noticing and Responding to Students′ Needs
References
Douglas Fisher is professor and chair of educational leadership at
San Diego State University and a leader at Health Sciences High and
Middle College. Previously, Doug was an early intervention teacher
and elementary school educator. He is a credentialed teacher
and leader in California. In 2022, he was inducted into the
Reading Hall of Fame by the Literacy Research Association. He has
published widely on literacy, quality instruction, and assessment,
as well as books such as Welcome to Teaching, PLC+, Teaching
Students to Drive their Learning, and Student Assessment: Better
Evidence, Better Decisions, Better Learning.
Nancy Frey is professor of educational leadership at San Diego
State University and a leader at Health Sciences High and Middle
College. Previously, Nancy was a teacher, academic coach, and
central office resource coordinator in Florida. She is a
credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and
administrator in California. She is a member of the
International Literacy Association’s Literacy Research Panel. She
has published widely on literacy, quality instruction, and
assessment, as well as books such as The Artificial Intelligences
Playbook, How Scaffolding Works, How Teams Work, and The Vocabulary
Playbook.
Dr. Nancy Akhavan has spent more than 30 years as an educator and
consultant. Her work focuses on student support through literacy
instruction and intervention, English Language Development,
leadership development and organizational systems to increase
student achievement. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in
the Department of Educational Leadership at Fresno State. She is
the founder of Nancy Akhavan Consulting, Inc. Dr. Akhavan has been
a bilingual teacher, principal of three schools, and a district
administrator of a large urban district for ELA, Math, Social
Studies, Science and World Languages. She also served as Assistant
Superintendent Secondary Division in a large urban school district.
Dr. Akhavan is recognized for her expertise in teaching literacy
practices and has published twelve books that focus on instruction
that increases student achievement, and has worked with districts
and county offices in multiple states and internationally to
increase student achievement in reading, writing, and in content
areas.
These authors (if more than you!) have brilliantly synthesized
evidence-based best practices for quality instruction - breaking
down the complexities of a balanced literacy classroom and aligning
excellent instruction with formative assessment to meet the needs
of all learners. This resource exemplifies the distinguished
practices of Danielson’s framework and makes it digestible as a
tool for classroom teachers in planning and implementing a balanced
literacy approach sure to yield tangible achievement results!
*Lura A. Hanks*
"Balanced literacy means different things to different people. In
This Is Balanced Literacy, Fisher, Frey, and Akhavan take a
research-based, best-practices look at what balanced literacy can
and should be. Readers will leave with loads of practices and ideas
to fine-tune every aspect of their balanced literacy curriculum to
truly maximize student learning!"
*Wiley Blevins, Author*
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