Education Professional Development
Books as Bridges
Using text to connect home and school literacy and learning
- Publisher
- Pembroke Publishers Limited
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2010
- Category
- Professional Development
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551382500
- Publish Date
- Feb 2010
- List Price
- $53.95
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Description
This remarkable book explores the many advantages of using "touchstone" books to consider four key aspects of literacy — predictable structures, nonfiction, comprehension, and imagination and language play. Each of these aspects is described in terms of a series of strategies, which are highlighted by their use with specific touchstone books, and supported by lists of related books to consider.
Based on convincing research that parents play a vital role in raising a reader, Books as Bridges offers an effective and efficient way to use texts, including children's picture books, to help create a common reading experience for the class that can be extended to the home. Numerous reproducibles and send-home materials, as well as suggestions for supporting families for whom English is not the first language, complement this timely resource.
About the author
Jane Baskwill is a writer and educator who lives in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia.
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