Scaffolding literacy: an integrated and sequential approach to teaching reading, spelling and writing
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Main Author: Axford, Beverly (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Camberwell, Vic. ACER Press 2009
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction -- Why Scaffold Literacy Learning?; The scaffold as metaphore; Learning to be literate; Becoming members of a learning community; Layers of meaning; Part A -- Scaffolded Reading: Modelling Meaning-Making; Reading: A complex high-order task; Scaffolding reading: Getting started; Assessing scaffolded reading: Miscue analysis; Part B -- Which Words? The Joint Analysis of Sentence and Word Constructions; Where are we in the teaching sequence?
Scaffolding Literacy describes an alternative approach to literacy teaching in primary schools based on the principles of explicitly teaching how authors use words to convey meaning. The book provides a detailed description of the scaffolding literacy teaching sequence and related strategies developed at the University of Canberra over two decades. It explains why the scaffolding literacy approach enables learners to better understand the reading, language studies and writing tasks asked of them in school
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 106 pages)
ISBN:144161253X
9781441612533

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