Reading Matters Winter 2018

Gunning, T. G. (2006). Closing the literacy gap. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.

Harmon, J. M., Wood, K. D., Hedrick, W. B., Vintinner, J., &Willeford, T. (2009). InteractiveWordWalls: More Than Just Reading theWriting on theWalls. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52(5), 398-408. doi:10.1598/jaal.52.5.4

Dorfman, L. R., & Cappelli, R. (2017). Mentor texts: teaching writing through childrens literature, k-6 . Portland, ME: Stenhouse.

Ruddell, M. R., & Shearer, B. A. (2002). ‘Extraordinary,’‘tremendous,’‘exhilarating,’ ‘magnificent’: Middle school at-risk students become avid word learners with the Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy (VSS). Journal Of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 45(5), 352. Schippert, P. (2005). Read Alouds and Vocabulary: A NewWay of Teaching. Illinois Reading Council Journal, 33(3), 11-16. Spandel, V. (2013). Creating writers: 6 traits, process, workshop, and literature. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.  Heather Sox is a fifth grade teacher at Fork Shoals School. She holds a BA in Elementary Education with a minor is Spanish and a Masters in Literacy from Clemson University. She is in her eighth year of teaching fifth grade and is certified in Elementary Education, English as a Second Language, and Literacy. She is passionate about researching and providing an engaging and authentic learning environment that meets the needs of all learners. She can be reached at hmsox@greenville.k12.sc.us.

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