TY - BOOK AU - Cooper,J.David AU - Kiger,Nancy D. TI - Literacy: helping students construct meaning SN - 9780618907083 U1 - 372.47 COO PY - 2009/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin Co. KW - Reading comprehension KW - Reading KW - Literacy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes N2 - A leading seller for K-8 literacy programs, this extremely popular reading methods text has a simple goal: to provide aspiring teachers with the tools to help every student learn to read and write. Now titled Literacy: Helping Students Construct Meaning, this edition continues to provide preservice and in-service teachers with the information, techniques, and strategies to help all students become literate. Cooper and Kiger's text is distinguished in the field by its use of practical literacy lessons and authentic examples to clearly demonstrate how to teach reading and writing. Authentic, full-color children's stories (in excerpts or in their entirety) model extended literacy lessons throughout the text ER -