Learning to Teach Reading

Annotation `Some interesting ideas for Literacy Hour ... A useful introduction and source of ideas' - NATE This accessible and practical guide to teaching young children to read focuses on: the process of learning to read and its implications for teaching; issues about learning to read which all teachers need to understand; and a programme of teaching children to read. The author deals with the learning that is necessary, and the teaching which enables it to be achieved. Now fully updated to include the most recent thinking on phonics, handwriting and literacy practices in the early years classroom, the book proposes a theoretical teaching model which will help teachers to make optimum use of the Literacy Hour Accessible and practical guide to teaching young children to read. It focuses on: the process of learning to read and its implications for teaching; issues about learning to read which all teachers need to understand; a programme of teaching children to read. The author deals with the learning that is necessary, and the teaching which enables it to be achieved. Now fully updated to include the most recent thinking on phonics, handwriting and literacy practices in the early years classroom, the book proposes a theoretical teaching model which will help teachers to make optimum use Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 1 - Learning to read......Page 10 2 - Some basic considerations......Page 16 3 - A basic programme for teaching children to read......Page 62 4 - Pitfalls with phonics......Page 96 5 - The literacy hour: a theoretical basis for its implementation......Page 101 6 - Postscript......Page 111 7 - Handwriting: starting points and sequences......Page 114 Further reading......Page 118 Glossary......Page 122 The International Phonetic Alphabet......Page 124 Index......Page 126 Geoffrey R. Roberts. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 109-112) And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.