"New and veteran teachers who embrace learner-centered literacy will find this material useful, practical, and inexpensive."

—Gayle Simoneaux, Teacher

Mimosa Park Elementary School, Luling, LA

"The book features an easy-to-understand format with lots of ways to incorporate literacy development into the classroom."

—Debbie Smith, Teacher

Lady′s Island Elementary School, Beaufort, SC

Use research-based, student-centered strategies to nurture thoughtful, lifelong readers!

This updated edition of More Than 50 Ways to Learner-Centered Literacy provides a user-friendly collection of methods and strategies for delivering effective literacy instruction. The authors include more than 100 practical techniques that are grounded in a constructivist, learner-centered approach and demonstrate how to develop:

• A rich environment that fosters vocabulary and reading skills


• Student interaction through strategies like Buddy Studies, Partner Biographies, and Story-Map Trios


• Fluency and comprehension by using predictable text, innovations on text, and more


• Student assessments through observations, anecdotal records, and open-ended questions

Aligned with National Reading Panel recommendations, this resource includes inventive ideas from master teachers to promote continuous improvement in literacy teaching and learning.