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Gambrell, Linda B., Ed.; Almasi, Janice F., Ed. – 1996
Offering practical, classroom-based strategies teachers can use to promote literacy development, this book presents many examples of children engaging in discussion activities about narrative and informational text that emphasize collaborating, constructing meaning, and using these different types of texts to arrive at new understandings. Chapters…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education
Download full textCarlsen, G. Robert; Sherrill, Anne – 1988
Drawing on thousands of "reading autobiographies," in which generations of students wrote about their experiences with reading, this book investigates what makes young people want to read. Chapters include: (1) Growing with Books; (2) Learning To Read; (3) Literature and the Human Voice; (4) Reading Habits and Attitudes: When, Where, and…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence, Librarians
