ERIC Number: EJ996325
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
Pages: 23
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Making Meaning: Individual and Group Response within a Book Club Structure
Barone, Diane
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, v13 n1 p3-25 Mar 2013
This article positions a view of student responses with relation to current literacy expectations. Student responses to a single book, "The Egypt Game," are explored. The responses are analysed from a group and individual student perspectives. The responses demonstrate the complex understandings that young students created about this book. Connections to current classroom practices are explored. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Literacy, Books, Clubs, Student Reaction, Literacy Education, Reading Comprehension, Childrens Literature, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Reading, Reading Instruction, Grade 2, Grade 3, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Writing Instruction, Childrens Writing
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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