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Author(s) -
Hall Anna H.
Publication year - 2015
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.1427
Subject(s) - psychology , vocabulary , reading (process) , vocabulary development , pedagogy , mathematics education , reading comprehension , teaching method , linguistics , philosophy
There is a growing awareness that reading and writing informational texts are important skills for functioning successfully in our current society. Informational texts provide purposeful and authentic reasons for reading and writing while enhancing children's vocabulary knowledge and content understanding. This article describes The Tools Approach, which focuses on introducing early childhood students to text features, in order to conduct group and individual research projects.