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 What they learn in the
 beginning will be there
 in the end...

 Young children are readily capable of learning, retaining and assimilating volumes
 of information. From the beginning they are immersed in literacy experiences
 through conversation, storytelling, print, television, radio, reading, writing,
 drawing, and playing. So, what they learn and how they learn is most critical at
 the earliest stages of development to ensure strong foundation skills for future
 learning.

 Language is a tool for learning. Language is central to intellectual, social, and
 emotional development. Through language the learner shares knowledge,
 experiences, information, ideas, and feelings. Children experience the effects of
 language by listening, talking and observing long before they enter school.
                                                  
                                              Marilyn Duncan, Author
                                              The Kindergarten Book

 The current research on oral language is clear—the better a child’s oral language,
 the more likely a child will succeed in school. The extent to which the teacher
 can intentionally build in and build on opportunities for oral language is the most
 critical element particularly in an early learning environment. So, when we are
 designing classroom learning areas or planning learning experiences for our
 students much thought and planning should intentionally be given to developing
 their oral language.

                                              David Matteson, Co-Author
                                              Deborah Freeman, Co-Author
                                              Assessing and Teaching Beginning Writers
                                              Assessing and Teaching Beginning Readers

Playing is exploring through participating, and playing at reading is a active continuous to-ing and fro-ing of discovery and confirmation among author, illustrator, and child, and ideally, frequently among author, illustrator, child and caregiver. The author and the illustrator spark the child's interest, igniting conversation as the shared storytimes. Each time the child returns to the book, he anticipates the conversation , developing his understanding of the constancy of story. Every such encounter increases the child's understanding that a good book is a good book is a good book...

                                               Margaret E. Mooney, Author
                                               A Book is A Present
                                               Text Forms and Features
                                               Reading to With and By Children

● The Kindergarten Book:
 A Guide to Literacy Instruction

 by Marilyn Duncan

Two free items are included: an informative literacy
assessment called My Book for the teacher to use with children
to gather data, which when completed becomes a take-home
book for each child, and a full-color, laminated, child-sized
Alphabet Card.                       More Details
                               See Chapter Sheet (PDF) 

Tried and True!
The Kindergarten Book by Marilyn Duncan is an amazing resource for all early literacy teachers, whether new to the profession or veteran teachers.  It is obvious that the author has used these techniques and strategies in her own classroom, which enables teachers to replicate them with little effort.  This "reader-friendly" book has reproducible materials and samples of how they were used with students. Every kindergarten teacher should have this book in his or her hands!

Monica Weiner, Leslie Snogren, Michelle Lee and Tawnya Trail Teachers at
Dalton Elementary, Aurora, CO

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 Item # 542
 2005 pb  256 pages 
 ISBN 1-57274-704-8  $27.95
 
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  Marilyn Duncan     
 

Marilyn Duncan has been a teacher for over thirty years. Her work has been in the classroom with children and as a teacher developer. Marilyn has been the Trainer of Coordinators for The Learning Network®, the general editor for Inside Learning Network Schools (1997) and currently is involved in a large-scale district initiative in Colorado. While she has worked in all areas of education she regards herself primarily as a kindergarten teacher. She is a popular international presenter and keynoter. Marilyn lives with her husband Peter in Wanaka, New Zealand.

 
  ●My Book
 Marilyn Duncan

My Book is an informal assessment tool designed to assist
teachers in gathering relevant data at the beginning of the
kindergarten year. The assessment can be administered in
a variety of ways. Some pages are for use with the whole
class and other pages are designed to be used with small
groups. Includes a detailed instruction sheet.

 Using My Book for Assessment (PDF)
 Using My Book for Assessment (Web Pg)

 Item # 8003
 2005 pb  12 pages 
 ISBN 1-57274-705-6
  package of 12     $12.95

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  Also see: Alphabet Cards

●Assessing and Teaching Beginning Readers: A Picture is Worth 1000 Words
 by David M. Matteson
      Deborah K Freeman

This book for pre-kindergarten and early primary teachers
describes a comprehensive and developmentally appropriate
approach to working with fiction and nonfiction texts through
“playing at reading” and introduces a formative assessment tool
designed to determine how beginning readers engage with books
and print. As in the companion book, Assessing and Teaching
Beginning Writers, the authors explore ways to develop students’
proficiency in oral language and attention to detail.

 See Chapter Sheet (PDF)
 

●Assessing and Teaching
Beginning Writers: Every Picture Tells a Story
by David M. Matteson and Deborah K. Freeman
                                                    
 Foreword by Lesley Mandel Morrow

 Based on strong understandings of developmentally
 appropriate practices,  the authors have created and
 explained a continuum designed to assess what very
 young children know about oral language, drawing,
 and writing. This new, well-researched and easy-to-use
 assessment tool helps teachers determine powerful next
 literacy steps and instruction for their young students.
 Many writing, drawing, and construction examples, and
 vignettes of conversations between teachers and children
 show what best practices look and sound like in
 instructional settings for 3-6 year old learners. Selected
 visuals and data-gathering forms will help educators in
 early literacy settings get the most out of developmentally
 appropriate instruction.
                                                                More Details
                                                                Read Chapter 4

Assessing and Teaching Beginning Writers: is packed with 
research and appropriate practice. It provides vignettes of
real stories about student assessment and instruction. It
deals with early literacy development in an interesting, caring,
and innovative manner through the  lens of assessment. It is
a must read for all involved with teaching young children
                                           
                                             Lesley Mandel Morrow, Ph.D.
                                                           Rutgers University

Education Book Review
 by Heidi Mullins, Lecturer,
 College of Education-Art Education, University of Houston


  Item # 543
  2005 pb   128 pages         
  ISBN: 1-57274-741-2       $18.95
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              David M.
    Matteson and
 
Deborah K.
     Freeman

David Matteson uses his 20 years of diverse teaching and leadership experiences to make the most of his work with students, teachers, and school districts. He has been an early childhood classroom teacher and Reading Recovery® teacher and currently works with several districts, primarily focusing on assessing and teaching young children. He is also a coordinator of teacher and school development through The Learning Network®. David lives in Naperville, Illinois with his wife Angela and son Colin. His son Nicholas is currently attending Boston College.

Deborah Freeman is currently a prekindergarten teacher at Beckham Elementary in Arlington, Texas. Over her longtime career as an educator,  Debbie has taught a variety of grade levels and has served as a literacy coach for prekindergarten teachers in her district and through The Learning Network®. She regularly makes presentations at state, regional, and national conferences and provides inservice and staff development training to other educators.  She is the proud mother of two grown children, Angel and Danny. Being Grandma to Emily and Luke keeps Debbie and her husband, Ken, very busy.


Transcript
ONLINE DISCUSSION
WITH THE AUTHORS

 

  

The Emergent Reading Assessment Package
by David Matteson

The Emergent Reading Assessment (ERA) developed
by David Matteson is especially designed to capture what 3-5
year old children know about reading and provide insights for
instruction.

This easy-to-use assessment package helps teachers measure
book-handling skills (print concepts) and the understandings of
story concepts, and helps teachers jumpstart reading instruction
appropriate for this age group. The ERA is an excellent precursor
to Marie Clay’s Concepts About Print (CAP) and oetta Beaver’s
Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA).

                                More Information about The ERA

The ERA Package

• comes with an accessible and concise
  guidebook with reproducible monitoring
  forms
• uses and includes 4 real “little books”
  that children love to read

Item # ERA1
2007 Pb 36 pages $19.95
[Add to Cart]

For other books on early literacy, see:
I Learn to Read and Write the
Way I Learn to Talk
The Kindergarten Book

See    
Early Literacy Seminar        
                                   

• Open-ended writing
• Linking drawing, writing and reading
• Developing skills, comprehension and understandings in meaningful ways
• Increasing their competence and confidence
• Experiencing feelings of authorship and ownership
• Demonstrating knowledge and progress over time
• Growing and preserving a collection of written work.

 There are now three very affordable books in this series, with more on the way.
 For more information or to request a free sample, call us at 800-336-5588.

Writing is a personal activity in which we compose
messages which we put down to read, The writing
part of any early literacy intervention is not done
just as a service to learning to read; it  is not
merely an activity engaged in to prepare a child to
be a reader.  In the end students should move  
forward with relative independence into any of the
writing tasks demanded by the education system.
And reading and writing activities should continue to
enrich each other.
 
                            Marie Clay (2001,28)
                                 Teacher and Researcher
                                 New Zealand

My Book  Marilyn Duncan    My Book is an informal assessment  tool designed to assist teachers in  gathering relevant data at the  beginning of the kindergarten year.  The assessment can be  administered in a variety of ways.  Some pages are for use with the  whole class and other pages are  designed to be used with small  groups. Includes a detailed  instruction sheet.  More detail and inside view  Using My Book for Assessment (PDF)  Using My Book for Assessment (Web Pg)

Item # 8003  2005 pb  12 pages   ISBN 1-57274-705-6  size 5.5 x 8.25  package of 12     $12.95  [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Also see Professional Books    Assessing and Teaching     Beginning Writers    Dancing With the Pen    How Children Learn to Write                                          Spelling                                          Writing Instruction K-6  See! The Kindergarten Book by Marilyn Duncan

My Pictures and Stories by David Matteson  These writing notebooks are for  young students to draw pictures  about which they will dictate or  write their thoughts. Teachers use  these experiences to develop oral  language, letter-sound knowledge,  and vocabulary in an enjoyable and  meaningful way for their students.  A space for the teacher's  monitoring notes turn these  notebooks into an assessment that  documents students growth and  achievement. More detail and inside view Teacher's Guide PDF

Item # 8004A 2005 pb   48 pages  size  8 x 11         ISBN: 1-57274-825-7       $1.00 [Add to Cart]  [View Cart] Also see Professional Books      Assessing and Teaching       Beginning Writers      Dancing With the Pen      How Children Learn to Write      Spelling      Writing Instruction K-6  See!   Assessing and Teaching Beginning Writers   by David Matteson

I Can Write!     Grades K-1    Kathleen Hardcastle Moeller and  Geri Williams   I Can Write! introduces kindergarten children to a personalized journal to house their writing.  The features of the journal provide supports for the children and assessment tools for the teacher, including space for recording spelling development and alphabet knowledge, and space for monitoring notes. Includes a FREE 8-page teacher’s guide.

NEW! Item # 8007A paperback 64 pages size 8 X 11 $1.00  [Add to Cart]  [View Cart] Also see Professional Books      Assessing and Teaching       Beginning Writers      Dancing With the Pen      How Children Learn to Write      Spelling      Writing Instruction K-6

My Writing Kathleen Hardcastle Moeller and Geri Williams  My Writing is a surprisingly  affordable new journal for second  and third graders, which provides a  unique combination of features that  support your students’ writing,  revision, and editing. Includes a  FREE 8-page teacher’s guide. More detail and inside view Teacher's Instruction (PDF)

NEW! Item # 8005 2006 paperback 80 pages size 8 x 11 $1.25 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Also see Professional Books      Assessing and Teaching       Beginning Writers      Dancing With the Pen      How Children Learn to Write      Spelling      Writing Instruction K-6

The Writing Of for intermediate Students   Kathleen Hardcastle Moeller and Geri Williams    More writing and revision lines with tighter  spacing support intermediate students’  growth, as does space for illustrations,  graphic organizers, or related instruction.    List of appropriate spelling words on the  inside front cover, along with word bank  on the inside back cover, provide  continued  support for spelling and  vocabulary development.  Editing guide based on state standards  provides more in-depth support for  revision and improvement of grammar,  punctuation, and other written  conventions.  Personalized front cover, dedication page,  table of contents, and About the Author  section on back cover encourage continued  engagement and feelings of authorship  and ownership. Complete with an 8 page Teacher's Guide More detail and inside view Teacher's Instruction (PDF)

NEW! Item # 8006 paperback 80 pages size 8 x 11 $1.25  [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Also see Professional Books      Assessing and Teaching       Beginning Writers      Dancing With the Pen      How Children Learn to Write      Spelling      Writing Instruction K-6

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