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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... story on the chalkboard . They told us that these words appeared in our story . We tried to learn them through the use of flash cards . If we were lucky , we tried to learn the words through a game or two . After we learned the words ...
... story on the chalkboard . They told us that these words appeared in our story . We tried to learn them through the use of flash cards . If we were lucky , we tried to learn the words through a game or two . After we learned the words ...
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... story , and even when to turn the pages . Her mother and father , clever parents , had been able to sneak in a few ... story began , and began to " read " the story herself . She probably paid little , if any , attention to the print ...
... story , and even when to turn the pages . Her mother and father , clever parents , had been able to sneak in a few ... story began , and began to " read " the story herself . She probably paid little , if any , attention to the print ...
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... story . Extend this idea and really bake a cake together . As you do , occasionally recite the rhyme . Literature ... story ? Teacher : I have no doubt that your child will understand the story without your questions , but discussing the ...
... story . Extend this idea and really bake a cake together . As you do , occasionally recite the rhyme . Literature ... story ? Teacher : I have no doubt that your child will understand the story without your questions , but discussing the ...
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Why Do We Read? We Read for Meaning | 7 |
Prediction Through Experience | 17 |
Copyright | |
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