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Ready for Kindergarten? Rethinking Early Literacy in the Common Core Era
Author(s) -
Casbergue Renée M.
Publication year - 2017
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.1569
Subject(s) - curiosity , literacy , curriculum , psychology , emergent literacy , mathematics education , primary education , natural (archaeology) , literacy education , pedagogy , early literacy , common core , core (optical fiber) , developmental psychology , history , computer science , social psychology , telecommunications , archaeology
The Common Core State Standards have influenced curriculum for primary grades across the country, requiring more sophisticated responses to written text from children than ever before. Yet readiness for kindergarten is still often defined in terms of constrained print‐related skills. As early as preschool, children can be introduced to more challenging interactions with multiple texts that take advantage of their natural curiosity about the world. Through developmentally appropriate practices that invite them more deeply into exploration of text, children can be prepared to meet the challenges of literacy in the 21st century.