Title Teaching kids to read : basic skills for Australian & New Zealand parents and teachers / Fay Tran

Edition First edition Published Albert Park, Vic. : Wilkins Farago, 2010

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Description ix, 10-175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Introduction. The learning journey -- 1. Developing early language and literacy -- 2. Developing phonemic awareness and early phonics skills -- 3. Diagnosing learning difficulties -- 4. Understanding specific learning difficulties -- 5. Understanding difficulties with short-term auditory memory -- 6. Difficulties arising at school -- 7. Reading comprehenison strategies -- 8. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) -- 9. To repeat or not to repeat? -- 10. Homework -- 11. The search for new teaching tecchniques -- 12. Mathematics -- 13. Using computer programs to assist in learning -- 14. A little help goes a long way -- 15. Reflections and convictions -- The essential word reading lists -- The essential spelling lists -- The phonograms Summary Learning to read and write is the most important skill a child needs to acquire; everything else they do in life depends on it, including their studies and their future employment. As experienced literacy specialist Fay Tran argues in this timely and important book, no child should leave school without satisfactory literacy and numeracy skills. Now armed with the skills and techniques covered in this book, any adult can teach the kids in their care to read Notes Also available in PDF format Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 173) Notes Also available in PDF format Subject Australian National Curriculum SUBJECT Phonemic awareness. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009203084 Subject Language arts (Primary) Learning disabilities. Literacy -- Study and teaching (Primary) Literacy -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- Australia. Literacy -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- New Zealand. Literacy. Reading (Elementary) Reading (Primary) -- Australia -- Phonetic method Reading (Primary) Reading (Primary) -- New Zealand -- Phonetic method Reading (Primary) -- Australia. Reading (Primary) -- New Zealand. Reading disability. Reading -- Phonetic method -- Australia. Reading -- Phonetic method -- New Zealand. Reading -- Phonetic method. Reading -- Curricula -- Australia. Reading. ISBN 9780980607055 (paperback)

Other Titles Teaching kids to read : basic skills for Australian and New Zealand parents and teachers Teaching kids to read : basic skills for Australian & NZ parents and teachers

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