1st Edition
Teaching Essential Literacy Skills in the Early Years Classroom A Guide for Students and Teachers
By Tara Concannon-Gibney
Copyright 2019
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
Foregrounding the ways in which literacy instruction can be made... Read more
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…
Appendices
Biography
Tara Concannon-Gibney is Assistant Professor of Literacy at Dublin City University, Ireland.
"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
