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Title: The Beginnings of Writing
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication Date: 1982
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0205076998
ISBN 13: 9780205076994
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Weight: 0.997 pounds

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A great strength of the book has always been the careful treatment of children's spelling development, including invented spelling. With the elimination of basal spelling programs from many classrooms, however, a number of teachers now find themselves having to construct spelling programs entirely on their own. We have tried to address this need in this edition.

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Teachers with a sincere desire to understand each young child’s present challenges and successes as he or she develops competence in writing—and to then be able to offer appropriate instruction and support at each point in the child’s learning—can turn to this highly popular, well-respected book for practical, clear guidance. In it educators get a detailed story of children’s development of writing, from scribbles to letters; from imaginative inventions to conventional spelling; and from enthusiastic and boisterous utterances on paper to effectively structured compositions. This new edition of the book that broke new ground when the First Edition was published over 30 years ago remains the clearest, most comprehensive explanation of children’s development of writing available, now thoroughly updated and improved to include:

NEW A detailed, lively discussion of the story of the English writing system
NEW An overview of the development of story writing and the writing of basic exposition
NEW The history of English spelling and a background in linguistics
NEW An historical perspective on how we’ve come to teach writing the way we do
NEW The tools and language needed to make observations about students’ work
NEW A clear explanation of how speech sounds are made
NEW Pointers for teaching English language learners

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