New to the collection...
Assessing Preschool Literacy Development
Informal and Formal Measures to Guide Instruction
Billie J. Enz, Lesley Mandel Morrow
This all-new addition to the Preschool Literacy Collection offers explicit guidance on creating and using tools to assess oral language development; phonological awareness and early phonics; concepts about print, books, and writing; and comprehension. You’ll learn how to administer, interpret, and use assessments appropriately with preschool children and how to effectively plan, manage, and share data.
© 2009 / ISBN 978-0-87207-690-7
No. 690-000 / IRA Members $15.95 • Nonmembers $19.95
Building a Foundation for Preschool Literacy
Effective Instruction for Children's Reading and Writing Development, Second Edition
Carol Vukelich, James Christie
Learn the core content and best practice strategies that you need to provide balanced, effective early literacy instruction to preschoolers. This foundational resource offers ideas and strategies that will help you teach phonological awareness, create a print-rich environment, effectively read aloud to children, and assist parents in promoting literacy learning.
© 2009 / ISBN 978-0-87207-700-3
No. 700-000 / IRA Members $15.95 • Nonmembers $19.95
Learning About Print in Preschool
Working With Letters, Words, and Beginning Links With Phonemic Awareness, Second Edition
Dorothy S. Strickland, Judith A. Schickedanz
Find out how to develop preschoolers’ print-related knowledge so that they can become successful early readers and writers. A variety of instructional strategies will help young learners master concepts of print, phonemic awareness, and alphabet knowledge—the key predictors of early literacy success.
© 2009 / ISBN 978-0-87207-477-4
No. 477-000 / IRA Members $15.95 • Nonmembers $19.95
Using Children's Literature in Preschool
to Develop Comprehension
Understanding and Enjoying Books, Second Edition
Lesley Mandel Morrow, Elizabeth Freitag, Linda B. Gambrell
Here is a book that will help you create a literature-rich environment that fosters reading comprehension and inspires a love of reading.You’ll learn how to design a classroom literacy center, help preschoolers comprehend stories and understand concepts of books, and integrate children’s literature and literacy activities in the content areas.
© 2009 / ISBN 978-0-87207-474-3
No. 474-000 / IRA Members $15.95 • Nonmembers $19.95
Writing in Preschool
Learning to Orchestrate Meaning and Marks,
Second Edition
Judith A. Schickedanz, Renée M. Casbergue
Find out how to identify and build the knowledge and skills preschoolers need to understand print, set up an environment that supports writing, and assess students’ writing development. A new chapter on helping children to convey meaning in words focuses on preschoolers’ first steps in representing meaning and suggests ways that teachers can support them.
© 2009 / ISBN 978-0-87207-691-4
No. 691-000 / IRA Members $15.95 • Nonmembers $19.95
Oral Language and Early Literacy
in Preschool
Talking, Reading, and Writing, Second Edition
Kathleen A. Roskos, Patton O. Tabors, Lisa A. Lenhart
Create a language-rich program that joins oral language and early literacy to prepare your preschoolers for life in and out of school. Current research, planning and assessment suggestions, and instructional approaches will help you determine what oral language skills children need to learn, what kinds of language and literacy experiences to provide, and whether children are making progress.
© 2009 / ISBN 978-0-87207-693-8
No. 693-000 / IRA Members $15.95 • Nonmembers $19.95
