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Kaefer, Tanya – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2018
Previous research suggests that activating background knowledge immediately prior to read-alouds in Kindergarten is an important strategy for improving children's learning (e.g. Cervetti & Hiebert, 2015). But, because children's background knowledge varies considerably at the individual level, teachers are also often providing relevant…
Descriptors: Prereading Experience, Reading Comprehension, Story Reading, Kindergarten
Barclay, Kathy; Benelli, Cecilia; Gudt, Pamela Terry – Children and Families, 1998
Discusses emergent literacy development, which includes meaningful literacy-related activities involving oral language, reading, and writing. Offers suggestions for fostering children's development in each area, such as the use of picture books and puppets for vocabulary development; reading aloud and discussing children's literature; and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Handwriting
Indiana State Dept. of Education, Indianapolis. Center for School Improvement and Performance. – 1988
This series of 22 pamphlets, on a range of reading topics, presents instructional techniques for teaching reading in elementary schools. Each pamphlet provides a brief summary of the topic presented, as well as classroom activities. The following topics are covered: (1) Early Literacy; (2) Writing in the Reading Program; (3) Reading and the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Content Area Reading, Creative Activities, Critical Reading