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Teaching and learning literacy in the early years can be a joyful, explorative and meaningful experience. This accessible book will give teachers and practitioners the practical and theoretical skills and knowledge they require to successfully and confidently teach reading, writing and oral skills in the early years classroom.
List of contents
List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Preface Chapter 1: Literacy learning in meaningful contexts Chapter 2: Developing Phonological Awareness Chapter 3: Phonics Chapter 4: Other early reading skills Chapter 5: Listening and Reading Comprehension Chapter 6: Planning instruction using a meaningful context Chapter 7: Guided Reading and Literacy Centres Chapter 8: Fine Motor Development and Handwriting Chapter 9: The Writer's Workshop Chapter 10: Developing language and literacy through play Chapter 11: Bringing it all together...
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About the author
Tara Concannon-Gibney is Assistant Professor of Literacy at Dublin City University, Ireland.
Summary
Teaching and learning literacy in the early years can be a joyful, explorative and meaningful experience. This accessible book will give teachers and practitioners the practical and theoretical skills and knowledge they require to successfully and confidently teach reading, writing and oral skills in the early years classroom.
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"This book explores instructional approaches to teaching reading and writing in junior primary classrooms. The author draws on research based best practice and presents a number of meaningful approaches to reading in infant classes including shared and guided reading, and approaches to teaching writing through a workshop approach. The book is a very useful guide for both practicing and pre-service teachers...The emphasis on meaningful, authentic contexts is consistent in each chapter. While the author provides answers to many questions, she encourages more; practitioners are invited to reflect on their own practice and consider how to enhance their own methodologies and approaches. The book is a timely, comprehensive resource that all practitioners in early years’ classrooms will benefit from reading." - Niamh Watkins, Assistant Professor of Literacy at Dublin City University, Literary Association of Ireland Newsletter, Spring 2019
