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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... understanding of written language is so intuitive that while we read we sense what the words must say even before we ... understand exactly what a written word is . Oral language has no spaces between the words . When speaking with each ...
... understanding of written language is so intuitive that while we read we sense what the words must say even before we ... understand exactly what a written word is . Oral language has no spaces between the words . When speaking with each ...
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... understands ( or misunderstands ) the other . Proper communication also depends on the context in which this communication ... understand . Oral and written language share a common vocabu- lary . Having a rich vocabulary makes prediction ...
... understands ( or misunderstands ) the other . Proper communication also depends on the context in which this communication ... understand . Oral and written language share a common vocabu- lary . Having a rich vocabulary makes prediction ...
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... understand about words if you point to them as you read aloud . There are , however , other terms we assume chil- dren understand , but they may not : A book's " title " and " author " are just two that you might want to mention ...
... understand about words if you point to them as you read aloud . There are , however , other terms we assume chil- dren understand , but they may not : A book's " title " and " author " are just two that you might want to mention ...
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Why Do We Read? We Read for Meaning | 7 |
Prediction Through Experience | 17 |
Copyright | |
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