Literacy development in the early years : helping children read and write / Lesley Mandel Morrow

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Foundations of early literacy development: surveying the past to present -- Assessment in early literacy: a guide for designing instruction -- Literacy and diversity: meeting needs to children with special concerns -- Language and vocabulary development -- Strategies to figure out words: phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics -- Developing comprehension of text and concepts about books -- Writing, spelling, and literacy development -- Motivating reading and writing using old and new literacies -- Organizing and managing the literacy program -- Family literacy partnerships: home and school working together -- Afterword -- Appendices -- Suggestions of instructors -- Glossary -- Children's literature bibliography -- Bibliography -- Index -- Strategies for the classroom.

"With a thought-provoking and rich presentation, renowned author Lesley Morrow explores literacy development as an active process between children and adults to create meaning and real purpose. The Sixth Edition presents a theoretical and research-based rationale for its contents, as well as extensive practical applications to help readers grasp the scope and the complexity of early literacy development. This Sixth Edition embraces integrated language arts and an interdisciplinary approach to literacy development as it addresses developing writing, reading, and oral language in the home and in school curriculum. The use of expository and narrative selections of children's literature is emphasized, as well as motivating children to become lifelong readers. This edition spends more time with strategies for preschool literacy and skill development in grades Pre-K through three. Both constructivist problem-solving teaching techniques and more explicit systematic instruction are discussed. Key to this Sixth edition is the expanded coverage in the assessment chapter of the importance of assessment-guided instruction. In addition, differentiation of instruction has been made a high priority, and much more attention has been paid to dealing with children from diverse backgrounds. There are also more practical examples of how teachers can put strategies into practice than in other editions, especially with the new supplementary perforated pages that can be torn out of the book for actual use with children."--Publisher's website