Table of Contents

Contents: Y. Goodman, P. Martens, Preface. Part I: What Children Know About Literacy: Theory and Research.Y. Goodman, P. Martens, Introduction. D. Goodman, A. Flurkey, Y. Goodman, Effective Young Beginning Readers. W. Lin, The Literacy Stories of Tang-Tang and Tien-Tien. B. Flores, Biliteracy as Social Practice in Schooling: A Bilingual First Grader’s Journey in Learning to Read and Write in L1 and L2. K. Kim, M. Knox, J. Brown, Eye Movement and Strategic Reading. E. Ferreiro, Letters and Numbers in Early Literacy. Part II:Literacy Learning in the Classroom.Y. Goodman, P. Martens, Introduction. Y.M. Goodman, Documenting Critical Literacy Development in Classrooms. B. Cohen, D. Welner, Writing From a Personal Perspective: A Story of Two Classrooms. D. Schwarzer, Monolingual Teachers Fostering Students’ Native Literacies. M.R. Davenport, C. Lauritzen, Nurturing Reflective Readers in Primary Grades Through Over the Shoulder Miscue Analysis. P. Martens, P. Wilson, P. Arya, Influences on Retellings: Learning From High and Low Retellers. A.H. Dyson, Literacy “Basics” in Childhood Spaces: A Critical Perspective on the “Basics”. Part III:Literacy Learning Through Home and School Collaborations. Y. Goodman, P. Martens,Introduction. K.F. Whitmore, Bridging the Worlds of Home and School: Keeping Children’s Identities Whole in the Classroom. H.S. Gosse, L.M. Phillips, No Gain in Blame: Fostering Literacy Collaborations Between Home and School. S. Long, D. Volk, M.E. Romero-Little, E. Gregory, Invisible Mediators of Literacy: Learning in Multicultural Communities. Part IV:Cultural and Political Perspectives on Early Literacy. Y. Goodman, P. Martens, Introduction. K. Short, D. Fox, Debates About Cultural Authenticity in Literature for Young Children. J. Evans, War and Peas in the 21st Century: Young Children Responding Critically to Picture Story Texts. R.J. Meyer, Learning to Be Culturally Responsive: Lessons From a Beginning Teacher. Y-N. Hung, Critical Issues in Early Foreign Language Literacy Instruction: Taiwan Experience. D. Taylor, B. Kabuto, Reading Everybody’s Child: Teaching Literacy as a Human Right.

About the Author

Yetta Goodman, Prisca Martens

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"This volume will easily become a seminal book in the field of early literacy.... It does more than just document current knowledge. It pushes the reader into new territory that has not yet been considered with this level of depth before."
--Towson State University"Many teachers across the country are looking for support to teach in developmentally, socioculturally sensitive ways [and] for a cohesive body of evidence that supports holistic, socioculturally sensitive teaching practices.... This is a very significant contribution to the field.... Having read this volume, I feel equipped with new ideas and tools to become a better teacher, researcher, and scholar."
--Saginaw Valley State University