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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... taught to read through the busy and fruitful lives of Dick and Jane . Their daily routines and conversation may still haunt you : “ See Dick . See Jane . See Spot . Run , Dick . Run , Jane . . . Run , Spot . " While those who were taught ...
... taught to read through the busy and fruitful lives of Dick and Jane . Their daily routines and conversation may still haunt you : “ See Dick . See Jane . See Spot . Run , Dick . Run , Jane . . . Run , Spot . " While those who were taught ...
Page 101
... taught to swing at the ball and run . There is immediate purpose in the action . Later on , after some confidence and abilities are developed , specific skills are refined , but then always applied directly and immediately to a real ...
... taught to swing at the ball and run . There is immediate purpose in the action . Later on , after some confidence and abilities are developed , specific skills are refined , but then always applied directly and immediately to a real ...
Page 129
... taught when the child needs to apply it , the teaching will most likely occur only once because it will be learned . But a skill taught in isolation , before it is necessary , may need to be retaught hundreds of times . Even then , it ...
... taught when the child needs to apply it , the teaching will most likely occur only once because it will be learned . But a skill taught in isolation , before it is necessary , may need to be retaught hundreds of times . Even then , it ...
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Why Do We Read? We Read for Meaning | 7 |
Prediction Through Experience | 17 |
Copyright | |
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