Keys for Literacy Innovations: Maximizing Student Success with Reading and Writing Connections
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 178
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 206
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 206
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We hope you enjoy this book. You will note that our chapters highlight insights from The Secret Garden. Throughout the book, we will consider the ways Mary took care of plants in the secret garden to help them thrive just as she led Colin from a world of darkness to the joys of light and friendship. Mary’s experiences with discovery, growth, and renewal serve as metaphors for the ways we nourish students with literacy insights and innovations to help them thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.
This book emphasizes the art and the science of teaching to promote maximum learning opportunities for all students. It can be used as a resource for peer mentoring, cross-age tutoring, and a variety of interactive learning experiences. Each chapter provides opportunities for reflection with tips for innovations and stories to enjoy collaboratively. We have included great resources from the Internet with the realization that some of these resources may be here today and gone tomorrow. If a website has been discontinued, we encourage you to list the topic in your browser to explore additional options for dynamic reading and writing connections. Evidence-based strategies are emphasized throughout the book to empower you with insights and innovations for effective teaching.
We hope you enjoy literacy exploration that leads to amazing insights and innovations in your classroom and beyond. This book is designed to give you tools to bring the best of the world into the classroom. We invite you to unlock and activate effective teaching and learning with Keys for Literacy Innovations. We wish you joy as you create learning adventures for and with your students!
Chapter 1 - Keys for Effective Teaching
Chapter 2 – Keys for Literacy Instruction and Assessment of Literacy Development
Chapter 3 – Keys for Word Building and Authentic Assessment
Chapter 4 – Keys for Enhancing Vocabulary Development and Word Analysis
Chapter 5 – Keys for Strategic Instruction to Promote Reading Comprehension
Chapter 6 – Keys for Promoting Creative Exploration in a Literacy-Rich Environment
Chapter 7 – Keys for Encouraging Creativity and Evaluating Writing Performance
Chapter 8 – Keys for an Effective Balanced Literacy Program
Appendices
References
References for Children’s Literature
Elaine Roberts, Ph.D., was an associate professor of Language and Literacy Education at the University of
West Georgia. She was a leader in the development of the Reading Endorsement for the state of Georgia and
has written numerous articles in peer reviewed journals, as well as presented at conferences regionally, statewide,
nationally, and internationally. She was a team member of the State of Georgia, at the Members of the
National Governors Association Institute for Statewide Literacy Initiatives, Carnegie Corporation, at Harvard
University. Her scholarly interests include cultural pedagogy, word study blended with comprehension, active
reading and writing, student creativity, teacher and parent relationships for building life-long learners,
progress monitoring and evidence-based research interventions across the content areas. She initiated the
university reading clinic and supervised it. She taught both elementary and high school and collaborated
with teachers in middle schools to integrate research-based literacy learning. She enjoys working as a literacy
consultant with P-12 schools. Elaine currently resides in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Debra Coffey is an associate professor who enjoys teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in the
Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Kennesaw State University. She has written
numerous chapters, articles, and textbooks, highlighting innovations with digital literacy, multicultural literature,
and evidence-based strategies for literacy development. Dr. Coffey’s impact extended globally through
professional development sessions for teachers in Belize, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. She brings a wealth of
experience in teaching students from preschool to university levels. Recognized for her outstanding contributions
to literacy education, Dr. Coffey received the prestigious 2018 ALER A.B. Herr Award.
At the national level, Dr. Coffey has established collaborative networks as the Chair of Divisions and
committees in the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers. She has led local, national, and international
literacy projects and conferences as the KSU Phi Kappa Phi President, KSU Kappa Delta Pi Chapter
Advisor, and the State Field Council Representative for the Literacy Research Association. Internationally,
Dr. Coffey advances literacy education on a global scale as the Executive Director of the International Alliance
for Invitational Education and President of the CARE Special Interest Group of the International Literacy
Association.