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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... meaningful word unwittingly or delib- erately , because it makes sense . Fluent readers also skip words they don't recognize because they can get the meaning without them . They predict sensibly and get meaning based on what they know ...
... meaningful word unwittingly or delib- erately , because it makes sense . Fluent readers also skip words they don't recognize because they can get the meaning without them . They predict sensibly and get meaning based on what they know ...
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... meaningful to children that their power helps preserve their memory . Whatever the reason , Nina- and all young ... meaningful contexts ( in the same way that becoming familiar with a real - life dog in one situation means you will prob ...
... meaningful to children that their power helps preserve their memory . Whatever the reason , Nina- and all young ... meaningful contexts ( in the same way that becoming familiar with a real - life dog in one situation means you will prob ...
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... meaningful context but seldom out of context . Chil- dren learn to recognize isolated words only after they have practiced reading them within context many , many times . 6. Don't correct every reading error your child makes . If you do ...
... meaningful context but seldom out of context . Chil- dren learn to recognize isolated words only after they have practiced reading them within context many , many times . 6. Don't correct every reading error your child makes . If you do ...
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Why Do We Read? We Read for Meaning | 7 |
Prediction Through Experience | 17 |
Copyright | |
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