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ISBN: 9780471652984
Year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 464
Description:
Literate Lives: Teaching Reading and Writing in Elementary
Classrooms invites readers to consider the complexities of the
reading process in diverse settings. The text is designed to
meet the challenges and needs of undergraduate and graduate teacher
candidates in elementary education programs, helping them to have a
better first year (in the classroom) experience.
The text introduces teacher candidates to the notion that
reading is a complex, multi-layered process that begins early in a
child?s life. Reading by all accounts, is more
than decoding symbols on a page. While this is one component of the
reading process, it is important for teacher candidates to see a
broader more complete picture of reading. Given the role that
reading plays in the elementary school curriculum, it is imperative
that teachers have a well-developed understanding of the reading
process and what it means to be a teacher of readers.
Literate Lives: Teaching Reading and Writing in the
Elementary Classroom covers the major theories and application
strategies of the reading process as well as current debates in the
field using a unique framework that builds upon the following
themes:
believing that literacy is based in social, cultural, and
historical contexts
assuming an inquiry stance - being ?problem posers?
and wondering ?why?
using ?kidwatching? (Goodman, 1985) as an
assessment tool to make informed instructional decisions
recognizing and using the multiple literacies that children
bring to the classroom
lingering and reflecting on one?s decisions in light of
what one knows and belie
ISBN: 9780471652984
Year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 464
Description:
Literate Lives: Teaching Reading and Writing in Elementary
Classrooms invites readers to consider the complexities of the
reading process in diverse settings. The text is designed to
meet the challenges and needs of undergraduate and graduate teacher
candidates in elementary education programs, helping them to have a
better first year (in the classroom) experience.
The text introduces teacher candidates to the notion that
reading is a complex, multi-layered process that begins early in a
child?s life. Reading by all accounts, is more
than decoding symbols on a page. While this is one component of the
reading process, it is important for teacher candidates to see a
broader more complete picture of reading. Given the role that
reading plays in the elementary school curriculum, it is imperative
that teachers have a well-developed understanding of the reading
process and what it means to be a teacher of readers.
Literate Lives: Teaching Reading and Writing in the
Elementary Classroom covers the major theories and application
strategies of the reading process as well as current debates in the
field using a unique framework that builds upon the following
themes:
believing that literacy is based in social, cultural, and
historical contexts
assuming an inquiry stance - being ?problem posers?
and wondering ?why?
using ?kidwatching? (Goodman, 1985) as an
assessment tool to make informed instructional decisions
recognizing and using the multiple literacies that children
bring to the classroom
lingering and reflecting on one?s decisions in light of
what one knows and belie