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Tables of Contents for Creating Readers
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
9
1
The Great Debate
9
1
Looking to Brain Research for Answers
10
1
First Things First!
11
2
Basic Principles of Emergent Literacy
13
1
Realistic Expectations
13
2
Birth to Three-Year-Old Accomplishments
13
1
Three-to Four-Year-Old Accomplishments
14
1
Five-Year-Old Accomplishments
14
1
Celebrating Milestones
15
1
A Road Map for Instruction
16
1
How to Use This Book
16
1
Getting Ready
17
32
Listening Games and Activities
17
7
Group Games
17
3
Center Games and Activities
20
1
Field Trips
21
1
Transitions
22
1
Books about Listening
23
1
Falling in Love With the Sounds of Language
24
19
Onomatopoeia
24
3
Alliteration
27
2
Rhyme
29
14
Reading Aloud to Children
43
6
Tips for Reading Aloud
43
1
Selecting Books for Listening and Loving
44
5
Comprehending Stories
49
8
Enacting, Dramatizing, and Recreating Stories
49
2
Enacting and Dramatizing Activities
49
1
Recreating Activities
50
1
Using Questions to Enhance Comprehension
51
3
Knowledge (accurate recall)
51
1
Comprehension (understanding of information)
52
1
Application (use of information)
52
1
Analysis (taking information apart)
53
1
Synthesis (putting information together in a new way)
53
1
Evaluation (critical judgment)
53
1
Strategies for Developing Higher Level Thinking
54
3
Making Inferences
54
1
Patterning/Sequencing
54
1
Drawing Conclusions
55
1
Comparing and Contrasting
55
1
Analyzing
55
1
Establishing Cause and Effect
55
1
Predicting
55
1
Brainstorming
56
1
Inventing
56
1
Composing
56
1
Evaluating
56
1
Developing Oral Language
57
18
Extending and Enriching Vocabulary
57
9
A Picture Elicits 1,000 Words
57
5
Making Words Meaningful
62
4
Matching Words to Thoughts and Actions
66
9
A Dozen Ways to Tell a Story
66
4
Following Directions
70
5
Understanding the Functions of Print
75
18
Understanding Spatial Orientation
76
6
Activities
76
3
Books, Songs, and Stories About Spatial Concepts
79
3
Recognizing Part/Whole Relationships
82
1
Activities
82
1
Story Maps
83
3
Putting Thoughts on Paper
86
7
Why Use Creative Writing?
86
1
Writing Activities
87
3
Bookmaking
90
3
Acquiring Reading Skills
93
210
``Reading'' Predictable Text
93
2
Recognizing Sight Words
95
3
Sight Word Games
95
3
Developing Phonological Awareness
98
205
Phonological Awareness Activities
99
204
Appendix
303
120
Assessment Checklists
304
4
Patterns
308
69
Maze
377
1
Rebus
378
3
Sequence Cards
381
5
American Sign Language
386
2
Sound Word Cards
388
24
Recipes
412
7
Games
419
1
Glossary
420
2
References
422
1
Index
423