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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Page 14
... become focused on those skills and ignore the real purpose of reading . This is particularly true as children enter ... becomes less and less a concern . Continued reading aloud maintains the integrity of reading , even in the midst of ...
... become focused on those skills and ignore the real purpose of reading . This is particularly true as children enter ... becomes less and less a concern . Continued reading aloud maintains the integrity of reading , even in the midst of ...
Page 41
... If this is a story about a homeless person , choices like park and shelter become possibilities . The meaning of the text helps eliminate unlikely possibilities . But we need to narrow the choices a bit further The Role of Phonics 41.
... If this is a story about a homeless person , choices like park and shelter become possibilities . The meaning of the text helps eliminate unlikely possibilities . But we need to narrow the choices a bit further The Role of Phonics 41.
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... become fans of one or two particular authors ; we become fond of certain genres . We become interested in a subject and read about it . We may read the same book two or three times in our lives because it moves us . Children do ...
... become fans of one or two particular authors ; we become fond of certain genres . We become interested in a subject and read about it . We may read the same book two or three times in our lives because it moves us . Children do ...
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Why Do We Read? We Read for Meaning | 7 |
Prediction Through Experience | 17 |
Copyright | |
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