Clearing the Path for Developing Learners

"All learning is based on the building of foundational literacy skills. But students often lack these necessary, transferable proficiencies. As a result, educators must each implement foundational skill building, no matter their content area or grade level. In Removing Educational Barriers: How to Apply Explicit Interventions for All Students in All Grades, certified English teacher and reading specialist Peg Grafwallner covers six foundational skills that students require in order to succeed. These skills are (1) locate and identify the main idea and supporting details and write a summary; (2) interpret and apply academic vocabulary; (3) identify and apply inference; (4) identify and understand cause-effect relationships; (5) identify and understand relationships using compare-contrast; and (6) delineate and evaluate arguments. Using the response to intervention (RTI) process and this book's skill-building tools, educators can effectively teach the foundational skills and support developing students as they learn to read, write, and think critically"--