Helping Children Learn to Read

Lyndon W. Searfoss And John E. Readence

ISBN 10: 0133869474 / ISBN 13: 9780133869477

Published by Prentice Hall Press, New Jersey, 1985

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Text clean / tight / 2nd printing. NF / glossy boards clean / slight bump at spine end /.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Helping Children Learn to Read
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Press, New Jersey
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0133869474
• ISBN 13: 9780133869477
• Binding: Hardbound

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Synopsis

Promotes the teaching of reading in a child-centred, language rich environment in order to produce children who are truly literate - who can and do read. This text presents current theories and techniques for creating a primary classroom reading programme.

From the Back Cover

Key Benefits: The text presents, in a clear, readable style, the current theories and techniques for creating a classroom reading program in elementary grades. Key Topics: There is strong coverage of the role of the basal reader and how to modify its use, the whole language perceptive and a integrated language arts curriculum, a teaching-strategies orientation to decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, studying, and writing, plus extensive discussion of emergent literacy, multicultural literature, metacognition, and holistic assessment. Market: Designed for use as a main text in elementary reading methods courses.