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 101
... practice it . Learning occurs best , however , when there is an immediate purpose behind it , and the skills are practiced during the experience . You don't learn to bake a cake by first practicing to separate eggs . You become better ...
... practice it . Learning occurs best , however , when there is an immediate purpose behind it , and the skills are practiced during the experience . You don't learn to bake a cake by first practicing to separate eggs . You become better ...
Page 104
... practice their reading regularly . But what type of practice is most appropriate ? Workbooks are a common form of practice in this country , with most children spending much of their school time practicing in workbooks . A workbook is a ...
... practice their reading regularly . But what type of practice is most appropriate ? Workbooks are a common form of practice in this country , with most children spending much of their school time practicing in workbooks . A workbook is a ...
Page 138
... practiced through repeated workbook / skill sheet exercise pages . This notion of combining whole language theory / practice with skill- based teaching is like dieting by buying the necessary carrot sticks but dipping them in chocolate ...
... practiced through repeated workbook / skill sheet exercise pages . This notion of combining whole language theory / practice with skill- based teaching is like dieting by buying the necessary carrot sticks but dipping them in chocolate ...
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Why Do We Read? We Read for Meaning | 7 |
Prediction Through Experience | 17 |
Copyright | |
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