| Description |
xvi, 107 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-106). |
| Contents |
Foreword / Yetta Goodman -- 1. Learning to See -- 2. "What Are You Doing with That Written Language" -- 3. "How Can I Read and Write?" -- 4. "How Do We Read and Write?" -- 5. Sarah in Kindergarten -- 6. Lessons from Sarah -- Professional References -- Children's Literature References. |
| Summary |
Prisca Marten's most powerful teacher has been her daughter, Sarah. When Sarah at age four responded "I already know how to read!" to the suggestion that this was something she would learn in kindergarten, Martens realized that children's perceptions of literacy and of themselves as learners may differ from those of adults. Over the three years she observed and analyzed Sarah's reading and writing (ages 2-5), Martens rethought her notions about literacy, what literacy is, how children learn literacy, and as Sarah entered kindergarten, what teachers can do to support and facilitate that learning in school. |
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In I Already Know How to Read Martens documents how Sarah, through meaningful literacy experiences in her social community, understood literacy and invented reading and writing for herself. Numerous reading and writing samples, organized around broad research questions, present Sarah as an inquirer who actively constructs her understanding of literacy and ways to be literate. Martens recognizes that children's opportunities and experiences with print differ. But by looking closely at one child's literacy development, we learn how to see and understand the literacy development of others. The implications for the classroom are extraordinary - just as Sarah taught her mother to see, her story will help practicing and preservice teachers to see as well. |
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Reading (Preschool) -- Case studies.
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Literacy -- Case studies.
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Children -- Language -- Case studies.
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Children -- Language.
(OCoLC)fst00855024
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Literacy. (OCoLC)fst00999859
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Reading (Preschool) (OCoLC)fst01090739
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Leseunterricht (DE-588)4035448-9
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Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2
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| Indexed Term |
Children Language Case studies |
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Literacy Case studies |
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Reading (Preschool) Case studies |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Martens, Prisca. I already know how to read. Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, ©1996 (OCoLC)606074923 |
| ISBN |
0435072269 (acid-free paper) |
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9780435072261 (acid-free paper) |
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