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Title:Let's Begin Reading Right: Developmentally Appropriate Beginning Literacy. Third
Edition.
Author(s): Fields, Marjorie V.; Spangler, Katherine L.
Pages: 398
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0-02-337283-4
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Prentice-Hall, Order Processing, P.O. Box 11071, Des Moines, IA 50336-1071
($27 plus shipping/handling).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Guides--Non-classroom (055)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New Jersey
Journal Announcement: RIEMAR1995
Target Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Combining developmentally appropriate early childhood practice with current views of
emergent literacy and whole language instruction, this book is designed to help pre-service
and in-service teachers incorporate new views of literacy into their classrooms. The book
includes extensive examples from actual classrooms to assist readers in understanding the
teaching ideas presented. It is also designed to help the teacher of young children
understand and validate the importance of play in the child's literacy development and to
take into account how children construct knowledge. Chapters in the book are: (1)
Understanding Emergent Readers and Writers; (2) Encouraging Emergent Literacy through Play
and Experiences; (3) Encouraging Emergent Literacy through Oral Language and Story Time; (4)
Assisting Emergent Readers; (5) Assisting Emergent Writers; (6) Supporting Independent
Writers; (7) Creating a Classroom for Readers; (8) Assessing Growth in Literacy; (9)
Selecting Early Literacy Materials; and (10) Constructing Your Understanding. Contains
approximately 500 references. (RS)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading; Classroom Environment; Early Childhood Education; Play;
*Reading Instruction; Theory Practice Relationship; *Whole Language Approach; *Writing
Instruction
Identifiers: Beginning Writing; *Developmentally Appropriate Programs; *Emergent Literacy