This text provides research-based information on the advances and refinements in the areas of emerging literacy and the early stages of formal instruction in reading and writing. Filled with concrete suggestions for classroom practice, it should be useful for the preservice and inservice professional development of teachers of pupils aged 5-8. It is also a useful resource for policy makers, administrators and supervisors as they plan and implement State and local early literacy initiatives.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Language And Literacy .

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published in 2000 by Teachers' College Press .

Michael R. Strickland is the editor of "Poems That Sing to You, "an anthology of poems about music, published by Boyds Mills Press. He lives in Orange, New Jersey.