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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Itzkoff, Seymour W. Children learning to read. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996 (OCoLC)603659861 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Seymour W Itzkoff |
| ISBN: | 0275954366 9780275954369 |
| OCLC Number: | 32968680 |
| Description: | xvi, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Ch. 1. Baby speaks -- Ch. 2. Our alphabet: language by ear and by eye -- Ch. 3. Preparing your child to read -- Ch. 4. Slow reading: phonics and decoding -- Ch. 5. The child's reading system -- Ch. 6. Reading is understanding -- Ch. 7. First grade rubicon: ten important tips -- Ch. 8. Each child is unique -- Ch. 9. Whole language: caution -- Ch. 10. Reading recovery: working at success -- Ch. 11. Writing -- Ch. 12. The school program -- Ch. 13. What parents can do. |
| Responsibility: | Seymour W. Itzkoff. |
Abstract:
Included here is a discussion of such important issues as emergent literacy or reading readiness: phonics and slow reading; fluent reading and the "reading system"; the dangers of the first-grade Rubicon; reading problems of unique children; the dangers and benefits of "Whole Language" reading programs; Reading Recovery" for endangered young readers; the role of writing; parents; TV; and the school program. The book is clearly written, uses nontechnical terminology, and should provide teachers and parents a guide to evaluating the progress of youngsters from the time they approach child-care and pre-school stages of socialization to that point where they should be reading independently for pleasure as well as searching for information and subject-matter competency.
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