ED375381 CS011855
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
