By Different Paths to Common Outcomes

Synopsis

Teacher-centred, Practical, And Research-based, This Collection Of Articles By Marie M. Clay Draws On Her Lifelong Passion For Children's Literacy And Teacher Education. Marie Clay Demonstrates How Understanding What Children Know Becomes The Key To Effective Teaching, How Teachers Need To Look At Early Literacy Learning Through Children's Eyes, And Listen To Children As They Converse, How Writing Should Be The Powerful Partner Of Reading--back Cover. Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. One Children Come To School By Different Paths -- 1. Children's Language -- 2. Conversation As One Model Of Teaching Interactions -- 3. Literacy Awareness: From Acts To Awareness -- 4. Developmental Learning Puzzles Me -- Pt. Two Understanding What Children Know -- 5. Looking And Seeing In The Classroom -- 6. Using The Concepts About Print Task With School Entrants -- 7. Concepts About Print In English And Other Languages -- 8. Talking, Reading, And Writing -- 9. The Power Of Writing In Early Literacy -- 10. Fostering Independence In Writing -- 11. Introducing Storybooks To Young Readers -- 12. Constructive Processes: Reading, Writing, Talking, Art And Crafts -- Pt. Three The Challenge Of Helping All Children To Become Literate -- 13. The Challenge Of Literacy Improvement -- 14. Accommodating Diversity In Early Literacy Learning -- 15. Child Development And Literacy Learning. Marie M. Clay ; Foreword By Peter Johnston. Includes Bibliographical References.