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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... meaning by appreciating the characters and following a plot . If you read a newspaper , you gain meaning by learning about the events of the day . If you read a textbook , you gain meaning by understanding factual information . As you ...
... meaning by appreciating the characters and following a plot . If you read a newspaper , you gain meaning by learning about the events of the day . If you read a textbook , you gain meaning by understanding factual information . As you ...
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... meaning . When a newborn infant is learning to understand and communicate , the child focuses only on meaning , on making sense . The infant does not respond or memorize individual words or sounds before communication exists . When an ...
... meaning . When a newborn infant is learning to understand and communicate , the child focuses only on meaning , on making sense . The infant does not respond or memorize individual words or sounds before communication exists . When an ...
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... meaning , the ideas , the sense of what the author is trying to say . Readers who pay attention to individual words lose the meaning . Try to focus on each word or sound spoken when you have a conversation with someone . You'll soon ...
... meaning , the ideas , the sense of what the author is trying to say . Readers who pay attention to individual words lose the meaning . Try to focus on each word or sound spoken when you have a conversation with someone . You'll soon ...
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Why Do We Read? We Read for Meaning | 7 |
Prediction Through Experience | 17 |
Copyright | |
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