Raising Readers: Helping Your Child to LiteracyThis bestselling book helps teachers answer all the questions that parents ask about their children’s reading. It helps make parents partners, not adversaries, in the learning process by explaining how current ways to teach reading correspond to the natural ways in which children acquire language. Includes sections on how to choose good books for children, commonly asked questions, and more. |
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... Once we are prepared for a particular type of literature , it is easy for us to make predictions when reading . This preparatory state of mind is critical to meaningful reading . Predictions become much easier to make . There are many ...
... Once we are prepared for a particular type of literature , it is easy for us to make predictions when reading . This preparatory state of mind is critical to meaningful reading . Predictions become much easier to make . There are many ...
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... once understood through repeated readings , allow children to differentiate them . Once these different literary styles are expected , children make predictions as they read . Having expectations does not mean we can predict exactly ...
... once understood through repeated readings , allow children to differentiate them . Once these different literary styles are expected , children make predictions as they read . Having expectations does not mean we can predict exactly ...
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... Once : A Lullaby ( illustrated by Anita Lobel ) : Once I was a little horse , baby horse , little horse . Once I was a little horse . NEIGH , I fell asleep . Once I was a little cow , baby cow , little cow . Once I was a little cow ...
... Once : A Lullaby ( illustrated by Anita Lobel ) : Once I was a little horse , baby horse , little horse . Once I was a little horse . NEIGH , I fell asleep . Once I was a little cow , baby cow , little cow . Once I was a little cow ...
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Why Do We Read? We Read for Meaning | 7 |
Prediction Through Experience | 17 |
Copyright | |
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