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ERIC Number: EJ671937
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Facilitating the Use of Informational Texts in a 1st-Grade Classroom.
Walker, Carolyn; Kragler, Sherry; Martin, Linda; Arnett, Ashlee
Childhood Education, v79 n3 p152-59 Spr 2003
Asserts that informational reading material is scarce in primary classrooms and that many primary grade teachers do not know enough strategies for helping children understand this type of reading material. Describes an effort to engage a group of first-grade children in reading and writing experiences involving informational texts and related strategies and activities. (SD)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Emergent Literacy, Fiction, Grade 1, Insects, Literacy, Nonfiction, Primary Education, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection, Reading Materials, Reading Strategies, Writing Strategies
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Student Engagement