Building on What Children Know

Series: Teaching Children to Read--A 12-Part Study Series

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1974

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Stresses the importance of diagnosing what beginning readers already know and then building further instruction around that knowledge. Discusses ways teachers can take advantage of the rich language background children bring to the classroom. Illustrates, with real classroom examples, how teachers can draw upon the child's interests and experiences, encourage verbal expression of them, and use the child's own vocabulary to make language instruction relevant.

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