Reading, writing, playing, learning : finding the sweet spots in kindergarten literacy / Lorin Jamison Rog, Donna-Lynn Galloway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rog, Lorin Jamison, author.

Galloway, Donna-Lynn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Early childhood).

Play.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Markham, Ontario : Pembroke Publishers Limited, 2017.

Summary:

"This practical handbook shows teachers how to nurture a kindergarten learning environment in which children feel safe, comfortable, and able to take risks. It offers innovative ways to encourage children to explore, experiment, discover, solve problems, and freely interact with one another. Based on extensive classroom practice, it demonstrates when teachers need to provide support, ask questions, and provoke thinking and when they should back away and leave children to their own devices. "Reading, Writing, Playing, Learning" offers concrete suggestions for creating play-based learning in a culture of inquiry. The book discusses all aspects of oral language development, reading to and by children, shared and guided reading, reading to write and writing to learn, putting "play" into word play, and celebrating diversity and meeting the needs of all learners."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction: Read, Write, Play, and Learn: Making the Case for Balance

Play-Based Learning

Developmentally Appropriate Practice

Reading and Writing All Day Long

Chapter 1: Play-Based Learning in a Culture of Inquiry

Literacy and Play

The Teacher's Role

A Culture of Inquiry

Stages of Inquiry: Engagement

Stages of Inquiry: Investigation

Stages of Inquiry: Communication and Celebration

Habits of Mind

Chapter 2: The Classroom Environment: The Third Teacher

The Indoor Classroom

The Outdoor Classroom

Planning an Outdoor Classroom

Literacy and the Outdoor School

Other Considerations for the Outdoor Classroom

The Role of the Adults

Chapter 3: Floating on a Sea of Talk: Oral Language Development

Communication

Teacher Talk to Support Oral Language Development

Language Games

Phonological Awareness: Hearing the Sounds in Words

Vocabulary Development

Teaching Words

Research-Based Models of Vocabulary Instruction

Teach Three Words

Storm and Sort, List and Label

Word Warm-ups

Chapter 4: Reading to and by Children

Selecting Books for a Read-Aloud Program

Nonfiction Texts

How to Read Aloud

Planning an Interactive Read-Aloud Sequence

Three Day Read-Aloud Sequence

After Reading

Reading by Children

The Classroom Reading Collection

What Kinds of Books Do Kindergarten Children Read?

Home-Reading Programs

Chapter 5: Shared and Guided Reading: The "We Do" of Reading Instruction

Shared Reading

Choosing Texts for Shared Reading

Shared Reading with Big Books

Shared Reading Using Interactive Charts

Shared Reading with a Poem of the Week

Small Group Guided Reading

Organization and Management: What Are the Other Kids Doing?

Assessment and Grouping.

Matching Texts and Readers

The Guided Reading Lesson

A Guided Reading Routine for Emergent Readers

The "Must-Do"

Guided Reading for Early Readers

Chapter 6: Learning to Write and Writing to Learn

Showing Students What Writers Do

Modeled Writing: "Writing Out Loud"

Shared Writing: Seeing Our Talk Written Down

Interactive Writing: Sharing the Pen

Guided Writing: Your Turn

Independent Writing: The Writing Workshop

Teaching Emergent Writers

Invented Spelling (a.k.a. Bubble Gum Writing)

Chapter 7: Putting the "Play" Back in Word Play

Learning the Alphabet

The Name Wall

Letter Patterns

High-Frequency Words

Word Play All Day

Chapter 8: Celebrating Diversity in the Classroom

Our Most Vulnerable Learners

Different Ways of Knowing

Honoring Families

What Children Need

Resources

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 21, 2017).

ISBN:

9781551389226

1551389223