Literacy Development in the Early Years: Helping Children Read and  Write (7th Edition)
With its wealth of valuable information for making children active participants in the process of literacy development, this integrated language arts approach brings early childhood perspectives on how children learn together with the literacy skills and strategies teachers need to make it all happen. Here, renowned author Leslie Morrow presents both theoretical and research-based rationales, plus extensive practical applications to show how literacy development is an active process between children and adults–and helps pre- and in-service teachers grasp the scope and complexity of early literacy development. Comprehensive and balanced, the book covers problem solving, comprehension, and phonics and phonemic awareness, giving readers a complete picture of emergent literacy. In this new seventh edition . . . ·        The use of the National Core Standards in Language Arts/Literacyis introduced. ·        Response to Interventionis thoroughly explained and illustrated. ·        More information on key topics introduced in previous editions: ·         More information onEnglish Language Learners ·         More information ontechnology ·         More information onmotivating children to read. ·         More information onContent Oriented Reading Instruction. ·        A new Integrated Language Arts Unitappears in an Appendix. ·        Activities have been moved from the end of the book to the chapters they belong with for easy access. ·        Marginal A+RISE®Teaching Strategiesalignwith relevant concepts in the main body of the text and give teachers in grades K-12 quick, research-based strategies to get to the “how” of targeting their instruction and making content accessible for all students, including English language learners.