Bøger af Lesley Mandel Morrow

Before children are readers and writers, they are speakers and listeners. This book provides creative, hands-on strategies for developing preschoolers speaking, listening, and oral comprehension skills, within a literacy-rich classroom environment. Each chapter features helpful classroom vignettes; a section called Preschool in Practice, with step-by-step lesson ideas; and Ideas for Discussion, Reflection, and Action. The book addresses the needs of English language learners and describes ways to support students literacy development at home. The final chapter pulls it all together through a portrait of an exemplary day of preschool teaching and learning. Reproducible forms and checklists can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2 x 11 size.

'Læsningens linser' præsenterer og udfolder en lang række teorier og modeller, og den tilvejebringer en praktisk forståelse af, hvordan disse teorier og modeller kan anvendes som linser, der stiller skarpt på elevers læsevanskeligheder.Hvert perspektiv giver forskellige forslag til vurdering og efterfølgende intervention. Med masser af lærerudtalelser vedrørende konkrete problemstillinger. Bogen belyser samtidig, hvilken rolle teorierne spiller i literacy-forskning.Vi har alle teorier, som påvirker vores adfærd, uanset hvor bevidste vi er om disse teorier. Det hævdes, at en større forståelse af teorier kan føre til mere oplyste beslutninger og mere effektive klasseværelsespraksisser for lærere. Bogen understreger den position, at der ikke er én og kun én korrekt måde at undervise i læsning på eller kun én kur mod børns problemer med læsning. Fordi ingen enkeltstående teori kan indfange hele kompleksiteten af læseerfaringen, gør teorier og modeller mest gavn, når de anvendes sammen.'Læsningens Linser' er praktikerens, den studerendes og læreruddannerens overskuelige indblik i teorier og forskningsforståelser om skriftsprogsindlæring og undervisning, der har været væsentlige i læsepædagogikkens historie og udvikling fra den græske oldtid til i dag. Bogens intention er, at de mange linser vil give lærere og studerende bedre muligheder for at forstå, tilrettelægge, artikulere og udvikle skriftsprogsundervisningen i skolen. Bogens læselinser vil skærpe læserens bevidsthed for grundlag og muligheder i en literacy-praksis. Dette bliver underbygget af bogens særlige afsnit efter hvert kapital med ”Anvendelse i klasseværelset” og ”Anvendelse inden for forskningen”. Bogen er således en eminent kilde til arbejdet med forskningsbaseret literacy og undervisning i skolen.

Preschoolers are passionate about learning, and a high-quality preschool program offers rich learning experiences in the areas of language and literacy. This book gives teachers and other professionals fresh ideas, inspiration, and practical tools for integrating age-appropriate literacy instruction into the preschool curriculum.

An integrated language arts approach to literacy development that brings early childhood perspectives on how children learn in pre-kindergarten though grade three, together with explicit teaching of literacy skills and strategies teachers need to make it all work. Pre-service and in-service teachers get a wealth of valuable information for making children active participants in the process of literacy development with this integrated approach to language arts. The book encourages teaching reading, writing, listening, thinking, and viewing at the same time, using each skill to develop the others, and discusses both constructivist problem-solving teaching and more explicit systematic instruction. Through both theoretical and research-based rationales, plus extensive practical applications, renowned author Lesley Mandel Morrow presents literacy development as an active process between children and adults to create meaning and real purposeand helps pre- and in-service teachers grasp the scope and complexity of early literacy development. This comprehensive, balanced approach to literacy teaching and learning covers oral language development, word study, phonological awareness, phonics, comprehension, listening and writing. The reader is provided with a complete picture of early literacy development.

This book examines current research on first-grade literacy instruction, and shows how it translates into what good teachers really do in the classroom.