Young researchers : informational reading and writing in the early and primary years / Margaret Mallett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mallett, Margaret.

Mallet M Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

Water and environmental management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading (Elementary)--Great Britain.

Reading (Elementary).

Reading (Early childhood)--Great Britain.

Reading (Early childhood).

English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Great Britain.

English language.

English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Early childhood)--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 352 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Informational kinds of reading and writing are crucial in every lesson. This book looks at how we can encourage children from the very beginning to think of themselves as young researchers using skills and strategies for clear purposes.

Contents:

chapter 1 Informational reading and writing: A developmental approach

chapter 2 Pre-school and nursery years (0-5): Entering the world of information

chapter 3 Informational reading and writing at key stage 1 (5-7): Enjoying and learning about finding out

chapter 4 Informational reading and writing at key stage 2 (7-9): Making progress in satisfying and pleasurable contexts

chapter 5 Informational reading and writing at key stage 2 (9-11): Meeting new challenges creatively

chapter 6 Young researchers with special literacy needs

chapter 7 Recording progress: Assessment of children's informational reading and writing.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-191) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-84339-505-3

1-134-68176-3

1-280-19504-5

1-134-68177-1

0-415-17951-3

0-203-26610-2

9780203053058

OCLC:

123470005