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Early Reading First and Beyond

A Guide to Building Early Literacy Skills

By: Susan E. Israel

Foster young children's early literacy skills and build a strong foundation for reading!

This comprehensive resource helps teachers promote the language, cognitive, and early reading skills needed to ensure young children's readiness for kindergarten. The author provides proven practices, assessment tools, guidelines for meeting individual learning needs, and connections to International Reading Association standards. Summarizing current research, the text examines and illustrates how to implement the key elements of an Early Reading First program:

Designing early childhood programs of excellence
School-parent partnerships
Oral language development
Phonological awareness
Print awareness
Alphabetic knowledge
Early metacognitive thinking

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412951029
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2007
Page Count: 120
Publication date: December 21, 2007

Price: $31.95

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Foster young children's early literacy skills and build a strong foundation for reading!

Emphasizing the importance of providing emerging readers with the skills for future literacy success, Early Reading First and Beyond is a comprehensive resource that helps early childhood educators develop children's readiness for kindergarten by providing creative learning experiences based on the most current literacy research.

In reader-friendly terms, Susan E. Israel illustrates how to create rich learning environments, provide activities to engage young minds, and promote the important language, cognitive, and early reading skills necessary to encourage learners' self-confidence. Teachers will find proven practices, assessment tools, guidelines for meeting individual learning needs, examples, advice for professional development sessions, and connections to International Reading Association standards.

This book presents essential information for understanding and implementing the core components of an Early Reading First program:

Designing early childhood programs of excellence
School-parent partnerships
Oral language development
Phonological awareness
Print awareness
Alphabetic knowledge
Early metacognitive thinking

Advocating strong connections between home and school, this accessible text offers teachers, early childhood education specialists, literacy coaches, administrators, and parents the appropriate tools to make a significant, positive difference in young children's futures.

Key features

Provides essential information for elementary districts that are adding pre-schools
Helps independent preschools respond to parent demands for academic preparation
Offers the most current information about required research-based domains
Provides expert guidance for incorporating key early reading components in child-friendly ways

Author(s)

Susan E. Israel

Susan E. Israel is an independent researcher, writer, and literacy consultant and currently serves as President and Director of Reading Alliance for Catholic Education in Indiana, where she works with small and large corporations to enhance literacy products. Her special research interests are in the areas of reading comprehension, writing, and child-mind development as it relates to literacy processes. Israel served as assistant professor at the University of Dayton, and in 2005 she was awarded the University’s Panhellenic Council Outstanding Professor Award. She has also served on the national faculty at the University of Notre Dame Summer Program, where she taught reading and language arts methods. A former elementary teacher, she was awarded the 1998 teacher-researcher grant from the International Reading Association (IRA). Having been an active member of the IRA for over a decade, she has served on a number of IRA committees and interest groups and recently was president of the History of Literacy Special Interest Group. In addition, she has been active with the National Reading Conference. Israel has authored, coauthored, or edited over 15 books and volumes and is the senior editor of the recently published comprehensive volume, Handbook of Research on Reading Comprehension (Israel & Duffy, 2008). Other recent publications include Teachers Taking Action: A Comprehensive Guide to Teacher Research (with Cynthia Lassonde, 2008), Reading First and Beyond (with Cathy Collins Block, 2005), Collaborative Literacy (2006), Shaping the Reading Field (2007), Poetic Possibilities (2006), and Quotes to Inspire Great Reading Teachers (2006).

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

1. Introduction to Early Reading First

Research That Early Childhood Teachers Can Use About Early Reading First

Summary

2. Oral Language Development: Emerging Vocabulary, Expressive Language, and Listening Comprehension

Why Teach Oral Language to Preschool-age Children?

Research That Early Childhood Teachers Need to Know About Oral Language Development

New Research-Based Practices Early Childhood Teachers Can Use

Early Reading First Assessment Tools for Oral Language Development

Differentiating for Early Learners With Individual Needs

Teaching Tips That Increase Home-School Connections

Literacy Treasure Chest

Summary

3. Alphabetic Knowledge

Research That Early Childhood Teachers Need to Know About Alphabetic Knowledge

New Research-Based Practices That Early Childhood Teachers Can Use

Early Reading First Assessment Tools for Knowledge of Alphabetic Principle

Differentiating for Early Learners with Individual Needs

Literacy Treasure Chest

Summary

4. Phonological Awareness: Giving Early Learners an Advantage When Learning to Read, by Kathryn Bauserman

Research That Early Childhood Teachers Need to Know About Phonological Awareness

New Research-Based Practices That Early Childhood Teachers Can Use

Early Reading First Assessment Tools for Phonemic Awareness

Differentiating for Early Learners With Individual Needs

Teaching Tips That Increase Home-School Connections

Literacy Treasure Chest

Summary

5. Print Awareness, by Cynthia A. Lassonde

Research That Early Childhood Teachers Need to Know About Print Awareness

New Research-Based Practices That Early Childhood Teachers Can Use

Early Reading First Assessment Tools for Print Awareness

Differentiating for Learners With Individual Needs

Teaching Tips That Increase Home-School Connections

Literacy Treasure Chest

6. Designing Early Literacy Classrooms of Excellence

Research That Early Childhood Teachers Need to Know About Creating Early Childhood Centers of Excellence

Research That Early Childhood Teachers Can Use to Create Centers of Excellence

How to Get Started With Designing Early Literacy Enviroments of Excellence

Resources to Get You Started

Parent Tips on Developing Phonemic Awareness at Home

Tips on Small Group Dialogue in Early Childhood Classrooms

Teaching Tips for Parents as Helping Hands

Literacy Treasure Chest

Summary

Resources

A Facilitator's Guide to Planning and Organizing for an Engaging and Motivating Professional Development Day

Sample Early Childhood Literacy Needs Assessment

References

Index

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