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Becoming a Reader A Developmental Approach to Reading Instruction

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ISBN-10: 0205332935

ISBN-13: 9780205332939

Edition: 3rd 2004

Authors: Michael P. O'Donnell, Margo Wood

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Becoming a Reader, Third Edition, clearly presents the literacy process from a developmental perspective, highlighting the five stages of the literacy growth process: emergent reading, initial reading, transitional reading, basic literacy, and refinement. Unlike other texts that are organized topically, this text addresses specific topics like word identification and comprehension within the larger framework of literacy developmentjust in time for the new emphasis placed on assessing students based on their developmental stage as dictated by local, state and national standards. Long awaited, this is a practical how to book that represents a synthesis of many points of view on how to…    
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Book details

List price: $193.20
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/23/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 0.39" wide x 8.98" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Preface
Prologue
Stages of Literacy Development
Content and Features of the Text
Bibliography
The Beginning Reader
Emergent Reading Stage
Initial Reading Stage: The Process of Learning to Read
Initial Reading Stage: Instructional Approaches and Programs
Becoming Fluent
Transitional Stage
Fluent Readers
Basic Literacy Stage
Basic Literacy Stage: Vocabulary Development
Basic Literacy Stage: Effective Reading of Texts
Study Strategies
Refinement Stage
Refinement Stage: Content Area Reading
Assessment
Assessment
Organizing and Managing Classroom Reading Instruction
Organization and Management
Ms. Stein's First Grade: A Literature-Based Program
Mr. Gordon's Fourth Grade: Using Basal Readers
Instructing Readers with Differences
Appendixes
Informal Assessment of Study Strategies
Examiner's Manual: Informal Assessment of Elementary Reading
Gorham (ME) Schools' Literacy Guide
Author Index
Subject Index