| Description |
vi, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index. |
| Contents |
Literacies and Teaching -- How Literacy Develops -- Evaluating Children's Literacy Knowledge -- Inquiring into Children's Literacies -- Literacy Engagements -- Exploring Children's Literature -- Take-Home Literature Packs -- Storytelling -- Literature Circles -- Readers Theatre -- Poetry -- Sociodramatic Play and Literacy. |
| Summary |
A Make way for Literacy! starts with a brief explanation of how literacy begins to develop first in a childs home and neighborhood, Owocki points out the various individual traits, family activities, and basic literacy practices that can be so influential-- and then focuses on preschool, kindergarten, and the primary grades. Next. the book offers four key principles for understanding and facilitating literacy, along with easy-to-follow techniques for starting-or refining- teacher research and inquiry in the classroom. |
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Language arts (Early childhood)
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Reading (Early childhood)
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Learning.
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Literacy.
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Language arts (Early childhood) (OCoLC)fst00992309
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Learning. (OCoLC)fst00994826
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Literacy. (OCoLC)fst00999859
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Reading (Early childhood) (OCoLC)fst01090697
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Kleinkinderziehung.
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Leseunterricht.
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United States.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Owocki, Gretchen. Make way for literacy! Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, ©2001 (OCoLC)606601796 |
| ISBN |
0325002703 (alk. paper) |
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9780325002705 (alk. paper) |
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