Effective Early Literacy Practice: Here's How, Here's Why (DeBruin-Parecki)

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Effective Early Literacy Practice
Here's How, Here's Why
Edited by Andrea DeBruin-Parecki, Ph.D.

"An important, timely, and accessible text on emergent literacy development and the contexts that support young children's earliest literacy accomplishments." —Laura Justice, Ph.D., Professor, College of Education and Human Ecology, Ohio State University

Finally—one concise book to show educators which early literacy research really warrants attention, why it's so important, and how to help young children learn to read in real classrooms. This volume captures the best early literacy knowledge from highly respected leaders in the field and turns those key concepts into strategies to use now with diverse learners at different skill levels. Education professionals will get the latest research on these hot topics:

classroom environment
environmental print
English language learners
comprehension
invented spelling
shared storybook reading
assessment of early literacy skills
the home connection
Early Reading First

With real classrooms in mind, the contributors match actual teaching experiences to the research in every chapter. Teachers will enjoy having the detailed vignettes, sample activities, and helpful guidelines and ideas for creating rich classroom environments conducive to learning. With the strategies outlined, educators will effectively teach young children the individual literacy skills they need, show them how to put the skills together to solve the puzzle of reading, and keep them motivated to learn.

ORDERING INFO
ISBN 978-1-55766-940-7
Paperback
192 pages
6 x 9
2008 / $24.95
Stock# 69407

Table of Contents

About the Editor
About the Contributors
Foreword
Susan Neuman
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1: Creating a Literacy-Rich Preschool Classroom Environment to Enhance Literacy Instruction
Lesley Mandel Morrow

2: Exploring Intentional Instructional Uses of Environmental Print in Preschool and Primary Grades
Billie J. Enz, Jennifer Prior, Maureen R. Gerard, & Myae Han

3: Narrative Bridges to Comprehension
Alison H. Paris & Scott Paris

4: Practice to Theory: Invented Spelling
Donald J. Richgels

5: Storybook Reading as a Standardized Measurement of Early Literacy Skill Develoment: The Early Literacy Skills Assessment
Andrea DeBruin-Parecki

6: Early Literacy for English-Language Learners
Linda M. Espinosa

7: Making Vital Home–School Connections: Utilizing Parent Stories as "Lifeline" for Developing Successful Early Literacy Experiences
Patricia A. Edwards & Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon

8: The Book Matters: Evaluating and Selecting What to Read Aloud to Young Children
William H. Teale, Junko Yokota, & Miriam Martinez

9: Early Reading First and Its Role in Defining High Quality Professional Development
Lea M. McGee

Case Study 1: Developing an Early Literacy Professional Development Program
Roseann Rinear

Case Study 2: Creative Contexts for Literacy: A Reggio Emilia Approach Using Art and Documentation
Cynthia P. Gehrie, Elizabeth Landerholm, & Georgina Valverde

Index