Notes from a Kidwatcher: Selected Writings of Yetta M. Goodman - Softcover

Wilde

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0435088688 ISBN 13: 9780435088682

Publisher: Heinemann, 1996

Synopsis

Contains 23 selected articles by this influential writer, researcher, educator, and speaker. They're grouped around six major themes inherent in teacher education: culture and community; miscue analysis, reading strategies and comprehension; print awareness and the roots of literacy; the writing process; kidwatching; and whole language theory. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author

SANDRA WILDE, Ph.D., is widely recognized for her expertise in developmental spelling and her advocacy of holistic approaches to spelling and phonics. She is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Portland State University in Oregon. She is best known for her work in invented spelling, phonics and miscue analysis. She specializes in showing teachers how kids' invented spellings and miscues can help us work with them in more sophisticated and learner-centered ways. Looking at what kids do as they read and write is at the heart of Sandra's presentations and workshops. She can do lively keynote presentations that highlight the interesting things that we can learn by paying close attention to students' invented spellings and miscues, as well as workshops of varying lengths that focus on student-centered teaching of spelling and phonics. She has recently begun offering workshops that focus on understanding students' miscues as a guide to appropriate instruction, p

Edition details

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0435088688
• ISBN 13: 9780435088682
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316