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Talk, Write, and Read: A Method for Sampling Emergent Literacy Skills
Author(s) -
Richgels Donald J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1002/trtr.01139
Subject(s) - spelling , reading (process) , literacy , phonemic awareness , point (geometry) , psychology , emergent literacy , phonics , linguistics , early literacy , primary education , computer science , mathematics education , pedagogy , philosophy , geometry , mathematics
Consistent with a social‐interactive view of literacy development, this report describes a method, Talk, Write, and Read ( TWR ), that unites the three important and related language processes in its title. In one‐on‐one, adult‐and‐child interactions, TWR involves children in talk about a picture book, spelling of target words in the book, and rereading of the book. Examples are shared of preschool and kindergarten performances with From Far Away and Up Close, a picture book in wordless and with‐text versions specially written for TWR . TWR yields information about children's vocabularies, invented spelling, word awareness, and finger‐point reading. Instructional implications are addressed. All necessary materials for using From Far Away and Up Close are provided.