Accelerating and extending literacy for diverse students / edited by Dorothy Sisk.

Includes bibliographical references.

Using culturally responsive teaching to differentiate and accelerate literacy for diverse learners -- DISCOVER: a model for identifying and nurturing strengths in creative problem solving across diverse domains of ability -- Motivating gifted readers -- Happy teachers will change the world: nurturing the inner life of teachers -- Engaging and effective strategies for English language learners -- The use of Response to Intervention (RtI) to provide instruction for twiceexceptional students -- Learning, reading, and writing words closely and deeply: the archaeology of thought -- Academic language across the genre -- Using technology to accelerate literacy for diverse learners -- Picture book essentials and the English language arts Common Core standards -- Using visual literacy and images as a gateway to expand diverse students' critical thinking and literacy development -- Using bibliotherapy to support the social and emotional needs of diverse students -- Crossing the divide: storytelling as a bridge to studentteacher connection -- Putting it altogether: accelerating and extending the literacy of diverse students.