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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... parents can carefully dissect the local schools and teachers . Says one parent : " Philip's teacher believes that children learn best through phonics . He brings a phonics workbook page home every night for homework . " A second parent ...
... parents can carefully dissect the local schools and teachers . Says one parent : " Philip's teacher believes that children learn best through phonics . He brings a phonics workbook page home every night for homework . " A second parent ...
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... parents who maintain a calm wait - and - see attitude ; there are parents who divorce themselves com- pletely from their child's education ; there are schools that are not fashion conscious ; and there are teachers who can state — with ...
... parents who maintain a calm wait - and - see attitude ; there are parents who divorce themselves com- pletely from their child's education ; there are schools that are not fashion conscious ; and there are teachers who can state — with ...
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... parents and teachers throughout the U.S. and Canada . Steve conceived and wrote this book with the encouragement of his students ' parents - a monthly question - and- answer newsletter to them was so enthusias- tically received , it was ...
... parents and teachers throughout the U.S. and Canada . Steve conceived and wrote this book with the encouragement of his students ' parents - a monthly question - and- answer newsletter to them was so enthusias- tically received , it was ...
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Why Do We Read? We Read for Meaning | 7 |
Prediction Through Experience | 17 |
Copyright | |
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