Phonics, Expository Writing, and Reading Aloud: Playful Literacy in the Primary Grades

Despite the challenges primary grade teachers face in trying to include play in an already crowded curriculum, play has an important place in reading and writing instruction. Children whose early literacy experiences include pleasurable activities are more motivated to pursue the challenging tasks associated with learning and are more likely to develop a life-long love of reading and writing. In this article, a teacher and a teacher educator make a case for the value of play in early literacy and offer examples of the ways teachers can create more playful phonics, read aloud, and expository writing experiences.     

Contributions of the Home Literacy Environment and Underlying Language Skills to Preschool Invented Writing

This study aimed to enhance our knowledge of the constituent variables affecting invented writing skills in 5-year-olds by investigating the concurrent relationships among home literacy, underlying language skills, and invented writing. The study comprised 111 Norwegian-speaking children (mean age: 5.7 years; 58 girls) and their parents. The children’s language skills were tested individually. The results showed that, on average, children achieved low scores on tests of word writing; however, the within-group variations in the children’s invented writing performances were large. The statistical modeling showed that parental education was significantly related to the home literacy environment, which was, in turn, directly related to both vocabulary and phonological awareness and indirectly related to invented writing skills. Implications of the findings are discussed.     

浅议作文教学的四结合原则

小学作文教学要坚持四结合原则,即作文与学生的生活紧密结合;作文与学生的兴趣培养紧密结合;作文与学生的口语训练紧密结合;作文与阅读教学紧密结合。     

The Web and Early Literacy

Abstract

The Web as an appropriate vehicle for educating young children in formal and informal school settings is the subject of widespread, international debate (Anderson, 2000; Attewell, Suazo-Gar-cia, & Battle, 2003; Davis & Shade, 1994; Dolowy, 2000; Filipenko & Rolfsen, 1999; Pendleton, 2001; Vail, 2001; Wardle, 1999). Regardless of these debates, however, the Web's use in early education continues to grow. This article describes current Web usage in early education, particularly literacy education, and suggests possibilities for the future.     

Email在英语写作教学中的应用

写作教学一直是EFL（English as a foreign language）教学中一个困难且薄弱的部分，面临着多重困境。信息技术尤其是网络技术的发展为探索新的EFL写作教学理念和教学模式提供了可能。作为一种使用最为频繁的网络功能，电子邮件在辅助EFL写作教学方面已显现出不可忽视的优越性，而且目前的实践已探索出一些比较成熟的应用模式。当然在实际应用中仍然存在一些需要注意的问题。     

儿童写作教学需凸显“课程意识”

＂课程意识＂在儿童写作教学中占据重要地位,凸显＂课程意识＂可以改变小学写作课堂教学随意、低效,甚至＂不作为＂的现状。＂课程意识＂观照下的儿童写作教学应促使学习目标更趋循序性,教学内容更趋丰富性,写作策略知识的渗透更趋显性化,写作评价更具针对性。凸显＂课程意识＂,将促使儿童写作教学走向有序、有效、有用。     

支架式教学模式在大学英语写作中的应用

支架式教学是建构主义理论指导下的一种教学模式。将支架式教学运用于大学英语写作课堂,可以让学生树立对写作的兴趣和信心,有效地提高英语写作水平。主要介绍支架式教学的内涵和在英语写作课堂教学中应用的基本环节,以及该模式对大学英语写作教学的启示。     

写作教学应注重写作主体素质的培养

大众化写作使得“精英”写作的经典模式被打破,而所谓的大众化写作不可避免地导致平庸、低陋,使得写作创作产生越来越多的文化垃圾。因此,提高写作者的写作水平是目前摆在人们面前的迫切任务。高校写作课的教学也应在提高学生写作能力方面做出努力,其关键是要加强写作主体的写作素质。所谓写作素质是指写作主体本身所具有的进行写作活动的所需要的基本条件以及达到的水平,是作者在围绕文章的集材、运思、表达等活动中表现出来的素养。素质的提高不仅仅是写作技巧的培养,在写作过程中思想素养、生活素养、知识素养同样也作用和影响着写作能力的形成。     

A 3-Year Study of a School-Based Parental Involvement Program in Early Literacy

ABSTRACT

Although parental involvement in children's literacy development has been recognized for its potential in helping children develop early literacy achievement, studies of the effectiveness and sustainability of school-based parent involvement programs are not numerous. This study examines the effectiveness and durability of a school-based parent involvement program that was implemented by school staff without external supervision over 3 consecutive years in a public school. Results indicate that implementation of the program was associated with higher levels of children's achievement in foundational literacy competencies. Moreover, the program has sustained over 3 years and actually grew in the levels of parental participation over time. The authors argue that effective and systemic parental involvement programs are possible and can be guided by certain principles of program development and if implemented by a committed teaching staff.     

关于写作教学有效性的思考

当前中小学的写作教学主要存在写作教学内容缺失、写作指导缺位、写作教学观念落后、一些作文试题的导向错误、写作体式要求失当等问题。要解决这些问题,必须把"写什么"与"怎么写"放在提高写作教学有效性的层面加以反思。首先,要理清写作目标与写作内容的关系,要规定具体的写作课程内容;其次,写作教学的重心应该转移到切实加强对学生"怎么写"的指导上。     

作文教学中渗透心理教育的实践与思考

作文教学在渗透心理教育方面具有得天独厚的优势,可以通过创设期待,用目标激发学生的写作热情,通过评价培养学生的主体性,激发学生的潜能,通过鼓励学生自省,以文达情,促进完美人格的形成。     

Building a Literacy Community: The Role of Literacy and Social Practice in Early Childhood Programs

This article reports findings from two qualitatively based studies, one conducted at an urban preschool in Northern California and the other at a rural Head Start Center in the Midwest. By presenting detailed data from the two preschool sites, the article describes several ways to strengthen existing literacy practices for children, families, and teachers in both urban and rural early childhood settings. The studies focus on such critical aspects of child and family literacy development as ownership and inclusion, raising important issues for practice and policy in early childhood literacy and language education.     

Writing in Math: A Disciplinary Literacy Approach

Mathematics teachers often resist generic literacy strategies because they do not seem relevant to math learning. Discipline-specific literacy practices that emerge directly from the math content and processes under study are more likely to be embraced by math teachers. Furthermore, national and state-level mathematics standards as well as Common Core standards provide frameworks for situating literacy practices squarely within the disciplines. A disciplinary literacy approach to writing in math requires teachers to develop innovative strategies and practices that link writing to particular mathematical processes and tasks. An example is shared of a math writing approach developed by a middle school teacher used to prompt her students' critical thinking and problem solving processes during the study of algebra. She designed a template that when completed can serve as a reflective tool for her students and provide the teacher useful feedback on their learning. The example of teaching with the template as a guide for working through steps to solve a story problem demonstrates what disciplinary writing can look like in a typical middle school classroom.     

Integrating Quantitative Literacy into Technical Writing Instruction

The authors argue that skills in quantitative literacy (QL) and quantitative reasoning (QR) augment students’ communicative effectiveness. This article offers a pedagogical framework and model for how QR can be productively interwoven with the rhetorical know-how of technical writing pedagogy. The authors describe their course redesign, present preliminary assessment data, and conclude by highlighting some implications not only for student learning, but also for the QL movement itself.     

基于传统文化视野的习作课程建构

民族传统文化在儿童精神世界中面临"断链",作为守护儿童精神的习作教学,应当自觉消除课程建构中的"盲点",视传统文化为重要的课程资源,视传统节日为重要的教学平台,开发和架构起富有民族气韵的习作课程体系,让儿童在感悟、体验、表达等习作活动中,融入到民族文化的长河,担负起文化传承的使命。     

教师网络教学素养的构成及培养

在以计算机网络为代表的信息技术飞速发展的信息时代,教师不但需要具有利用网络充实自我、提升自我的网络学习能力,更需要具备利用网络辅助或实施教学的能力。本文讨论教师网络教学素养的基本构成与培养。     

作文教学中体验性活动的特征探寻

体验性活动这一学习方式,强调以活动为中心,以通过活动产生丰富的体验为其重要目的之一。体验性活动也正因其在活动中所产生的丰富体验而在作文教学中具有激发学生写作的兴趣、帮助学生拓宽写作的话题、促成学生真实自由表达的作用。作文教学中体验·t#-活动要关注趣味性、参与性和指导性。     

明清八股文与当代写作教学

八股文是明清科举考试的专用文体。自问世以来,人们对八股文的评价褒贬不一。试从以下五方面来探讨八股文在当代写作教学中的价值:八股文的特定格式符合一般文章的"起承转合"章法结构,有利于学生习得一定的章法结构;对"代言"的严格限定,启示写作要读写结合,又要有一定的想象力;对"尊题"的严格要求,启示写作行文必须切合题旨;作为一种议论文体,是训练理性思维的重要凭借;分步、渐进的训练过程,符合由简而繁、由易到难的学习心理。     

Impact of the National Writing Project's College-Ready Writers Program in High-Need Rural Districts

By 2013, all 50 states and the District of Columbia had adopted college- and career-ready standards in English language arts and mathematics, placing a greater emphasis on argument writing to prepare students for life after high school. Solving the specific problem of how to help teachers teach to new standards for argument writing as well as the broader problem of improving teaching and learning requires continued efforts to understand how to support teachers in making substantial changes in instruction. This paper reports on a district-randomized controlled trial of the National Writing Project's College-Ready Writers Program (CRWP), implemented in high-need rural districts in 10 states, testing one instance of professional development paired with supporting curricular resources and a formative assessment tool designed to shift instruction to align with the new college- and career-ready standards in English language arts classes in Grades 7–10. Researchers randomly assigned 44 rural districts either to receive two years of CRWP or to be in a business-as-usual control group and found positive impacts on teacher practice and student source-based argument writing.