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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... activities . Some classrooms build entire themes around one letter . More formal activities may include writing a page of Ss and identifying pictures and objects that either end or begin with S or include S in the word . Many teachers ...
... activities . Some classrooms build entire themes around one letter . More formal activities may include writing a page of Ss and identifying pictures and objects that either end or begin with S or include S in the word . Many teachers ...
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... activities to replace valuable reading time with them . And if your child is bored or unresponsive to these activities , don't try to lure him or her with rewards or threaten with punish- ment to get him or her to participate . Parent 2 ...
... activities to replace valuable reading time with them . And if your child is bored or unresponsive to these activities , don't try to lure him or her with rewards or threaten with punish- ment to get him or her to participate . Parent 2 ...
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... activities done in school can overshadow the more important informal activities that teachers and parents do that truly create an environment for literacy . You learned to read in a multitude of ways . Hearing a large variety of ...
... activities done in school can overshadow the more important informal activities that teachers and parents do that truly create an environment for literacy . You learned to read in a multitude of ways . Hearing a large variety of ...
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Why Do We Read? We Read for Meaning | 7 |
Prediction Through Experience | 17 |
Copyright | |
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