DOCUMENT RESUME ED 446 335 CS 217 280 AUTHOR Strickland, Dorothy S., Ed.; Morrow, Lesley Mandel, Ed. TITLE Beginning Reading and Writing. Language and Literacy Series. INSTITUTION International Reading Association, Newark, DE. ISBN ISBN-0-8077-3976-6 PUB DATE 2000-00-00 NOTE 215p.; Foreword by Alan Farstrup. AVAILABLE FROM Order Department, International Reading Association, 800 Barksdale Road, P.O. Box 8139, Newark, DE 19714-8139 ($24.95). Web site: http://www.reading.org. PUB TYPE Collected Works General (020) Guides Classroom Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Beginning Reading; *Beginning Writing; Childrens Writing; *Classroom Techniques; Early Childhood Education; *Emergent Literacy; Instructional Effectiveness; Phonics; Reading Comprehension; *Reading Instruction; *Writing Instruction IDENTIFIERS Teaching Perspectives ABSTRACT In this essay collection, scholars in the area of early literacy provide concrete strategies for achieving excellence in literacy .instrucion. The collection presents current, research-based information on the advances and refinements in the area of emerging literacy.and the early stages of formal instruction in reading and writing. Following a foreword (Alan Farstrup) and an introduction (Dorothy S. Strickland and Lesley Mandel Morrow), chapters in the collection are: (1) "Beginning Reading and Writing: Perspectives on Instruction" (William H. Teale and Junko Yokota); (2) "Becoming a Reader: A Developmentally Appropriate Approach" (Susan B. Neuman and Sue Bredekamp); (3) "Literacy Instruction for Young Children of Diverse Backgrounds" (Kathryn H. Au); (4) "Enhancing Literacy Growth through Home-School Connections" (Diana H. Tracey); (5) "Children's Pretend Play and Literacy" (Anthony D. Pellegrini and Lee Galda); (6) "Talking Their Way into Print: English Language Learners in a Prekindergarten Classroom" (Celia Genishi, Donna Yung-Chan, and Susan Stires); (7) "Organizing and Managing a Language Arts Block" (Lesley Mandel Morrow); (8) "Classroom Intervention Strategies: Supporting the Literacy Development of Young Learners at Risk". (Dorothy S. Strickland); (9) "Teaching Young Children to Be Writers" (Karen Bromley);(10) "Phonics Instruction" (Margaret Moustafa);(11) "Reading Aloud from Culturally Diverse Literature" (Lee Galda and Bernice E. Cullinan); (12) "Fostering Reading Comprehension" (Linda B. Gambrell and Ann Dromsky);(13) "Assessing Reading and Writing in the Early Years" (Bill Harp and Jo Ann Brewer); (14)"Sign of the Times: Technology and Early Literacy Learning" (Shelley B. Wepner and Lucinda C. Ray); and (15)"Still Standing: Timeless Strategies for Teaching the Language Arts" (Diane Lapp, James Flood, and Nancy Roser). (NKA) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ENID) BYDorothy S. Strickland ANDLesley Mandel Morrow :4AttN-i#1414:2g-ii 15ohysrayyrotwoi ti** Aift M uAyeeryryyrk i--44." T-imrriFyi Err arzanassa UI emu nos UI !MCI 1111 **-4,..*1). VIM w MI/ j 111.=wr 111AI 0 .e4t a ;.:;:e':1744t. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY 1(1,1(win TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. oPoints of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. READING and WRITING LANGUAGE AND LITERACY SERIES Dorothy S. Strickland and Celia Genishi, SERIES EDITORS ADVISORY BOARD:RICHARD ALLINGTON, DONNA ALVERMANN, KATHRYN Au, EDWARD CHITTENDON, BERNICE CULLINAN, COLETTE DAIUTE, ANNE HAAS DYSON, CAROLE EDELSKY, JANET EMIG, SHIRLEY BRICE HEATH, CONNIE DUEL, SUSAN LYTLE Beginning Reading and Writing The Book Club Connection: DOROTHY S. STRICKLAND and Literacy Learning and Classroom Talk LESLEY MANDEL MORROW, Editors SUSAN I. MCMAHON and TAFFY E. RAPHAEL, Editors, What Counts as Literacy: Challenging the School Standard with VIRGINIA J. GOATLEY and LAURA S. PARDO MARGARET GALLEGO and SANDRA HOLLINGSWORTH, Editors Until We Are Strong Together: Critical Encounters in High School English: Women Writers in the Tenderloin Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents CAROLINE E. HELLER DEBORAH APPLEMAN Restructuring Schools for Linguistic Diversity: Reading for Meaning: Linking Decision Making to Effective Programs Fostering Comprehension in the Middle Grades OFELIA B. MIRAMONTES, ADEL NADEAU, BARBARA M. TAYLOR, MICHAEL F GRAVES, and NANCY L. COMMINS PAUL van den BROEK, Editors Writing Superheroes: Contemporary Childhood, Popular Writing in the Real World: Culture, and Classroom Literacy Making the Transition from School to Work ANNE HAAS DYSON ANNE BEAUFORT Young Adult Literature and the New Literary Theories: Opening Dialogue: Understanding the Dynamics of Developing Critical Readers in Middle School Language andLearning in the English Classroom ANNA 0. SOTER MARTIN NYSTRAND with ADAM GAMORAN, ROBERT KACHUR, and CATHERINE PRENDERGAST Literacy Matters: Writing and Reading the Social Self ROBERT P. YAGELSKI Reading Across Cultures: Building Family Literacy in an Urban Community Teaching Literature in a Diverse Society RUTH D. HANDEL THERESA ROGERS and ANNA 0. SOTER, Editors Children's Inquiry: "You Gotta Be the Book": Teaching Engaged and Reflective Using Language to Make Sense of the World Reading with Adolescents JUDITH WELLS LINDFORS JEFFREY D. WILHELM Engaged Reading: Just Girls: Hidden Literacies and Life in Junior High Processes, Practices, and Policy Implications MARGARET J. FINDERS JOHN T. GUTHRIE and DONNA E. ALVERMANN, Editors The First R: Every Child's Right to Read Learning to Read: Beyond Phonics and Whole Language MICHAEL F. GRAVES, PAUL van den BROEK, and G. BRIAN THOMPSON and TOM NICHOLSON, Editors BARBARA M. TAYLOR, Editors So Much to Say: Adolescents, Bilingualism, and ESL in the Exploring Blue Highways: Literacy Reform, School Change, Secondary School and the Creation of Learning Communities CHRISTIAN J. FALTIS and PAULA WOLFE, Editors JOBETH ALLEN, MARILYNN CARY, and Close to Home: Oral and Literate Practices in a LISA DELGADO, Coordinators Transnational Mexicano Community Envisioning Literature: Literary Understanding and JUAN C. GUERRA Literature Instruction Authorizing Readers: Resistance and Respect in the JUDITH A. LANGER Teaching of Literature Teaching Writing as Reflective Practice PETER J. RABINOWITZ and MICHAEL W. SMITH GEORGE HILLOCKS, JR. On the Brink: Talking Their Way into Science: Hearing Children's Negotiating Literature and Life with Adolescents Questions and Theories, Responding with Curricula SUSAN HYNDS KAREN GALLAS Life at the Margins: Whole Language Across the Curriculum: Grades 1, 2, 3 Literacy, Language, and Technology in Everyday Life SHIRLEY C. RAINES, Editor JULIET MERRIFIELD, MARY BETH BINGMAN, The Administration and Supervision of Reading Programs, DAVID HEMPHILL, and KATHLEEN P. BENNETT DeMARRAIS Second Edition One Child, Many Worlds: SHELLEY B. WEPNER, JOAN T. FEELEY, and Early Learning in Multicultural Communities DOROTHY S. STRICKLAND, Editors EVE GREGORY, Editor No Quick Fix: Rethinking Literacy Programs in America's Literacy for Life: Adult Learners, New Practices Elementary Schools HANNA ARLENE FINGERET and CASSANDRA DRENNON RICHARD L. ALLINGTON and SEAN A. WALMSLEY, Editors Children's Literature and the Politics of Equality Unequal Opportunity: Learning to Read in the U.S.A. PAT PINSENT JILL SUNDAY BARTOLI (continued) 3 LANGUAGE AND LITERACY SERIES,continued Nonfiction for the Classroom: Milton Meltzer on Writing, Whole Language Plus: Essays on Literacy in the United History, and Social Responsibility States and New Zealand Edited and with an Introduction by E. WENDY SAUL COURTNEY B. CAZDEN When Children Write: Process Reading and Writing: A Literature-Based Approach Critical Re-Visions of the Writing Workshop JOAN T. FEELEY, DOROTHY S. STRICKLAND, TIMOTHY LENSMIRE and SHELLEY B. WEPNER, Editors Dramatizing Literature in Whole Language Classrooms, The Child as Critic: Teaching Literature in Elementary and Second Edition Middle Schools, Third Edition JOHNWARREN STEWIG and CAROL BUEGE GLENNA DAVIS SLOAN The Languages of Learning: How Children Talk, Write, The Triumph of Literature/The Fate of Literacy: Dance, Draw, and Sing Their Understanding of the World English in the Secondary School Curriculum KAREN GALLAS JOHN WILLINSKY Partners in Learning: Teachers and Children in Reading Recovery The Child's Developing Sense of Theme: CAROL A. LYONS, GAY SU PINNELL, and DIANE E. DEFORD Responses to Literature Social Worlds of Children Learning to Write in an Urban SUSAN S. LEHR Primary School Literacy for a Diverse Society: ANNE HAAS DYSON Perspectives, Practices, and Policies The Politics of Workplace Literacy: A Case Study ELFRIEDA H. HIEBERT, Editor SHERYL GREENWOOD GOWEN The Complete Theory-to-Practice Handbook of Adult Inside/Outside: Teacher Research and Knowledge Literacy: Curriculum Design and Teaching Approaches MARILYN COCHRAN-SMITH and SUSAN L. LYTLE RENA SOIFER, MARTHA IRWIN, Literacy Events in a Community of Young Writers BARBARA CRUMRINE, EMO HONZAKI, YETTA M. GOODMAN and SANDRA WILDE, Editors BLAIR SIMMONS, and DEBORAH YOUNG 4 Beginning Reading and Writing EDITED BY Dorothy S. Strickland AND Lesley Mandel Morrow FOREWORD BY Alan Farstrup TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS International Teachers College Reading