This book provides a valuable discussion of whole language
within the context of the lives of the people most directly influenced:
the children and their teachers.
—Harvard Educational Review
In the fall of 1988, JoBeth Allen, Barbara Michalove, and Betty Shockley began a three-year longitudinal research project to examine the effects of whole language instruction on six children they were worried about. They collected information by observing each of the children regularly, interviewing them about how they were developing as readers and writers, collecting their writing, and recording their reading.
Engaging Children is the result: portraits of children who are engaged by teachers in literacy learning, who engage with texts and each other, and who are themselves engaging.
Contents:
Contexts for Learning: Studying the Students We Worry About; Finding My Way with First Grade Learners; Creating a Community of Learners in Second Grade. Joseph: Joseph in His Own Voice; Sing a Song of Joseph; "I love to be learning with my friends"; "I'm going slowly, but I'm going". Jeremiah: Jeremiah in His Own Voice; "Make me happy"; Dramatic Engagement; "His Behavior is getting in the way of his academics." Shannon: Shannon in Her Own Voice; The Girl with the Black and White Face; "I love you and I will try to be good"; "She's going to make it." Reggie: Reggie in His Own Voice; "My class help me"; "I want to write"; Reggie in Third Grade-Again. Ricky: Ricky in His Own Voice; We Drew a Circle; A Loving Child; Ricky in Third Grade-Again. Lee: Lee in His Own Voice; "You always got to try"; "I bet you need a hug"; "I'm going to get smarter and smarter." Engagement, Community, and Stability: Engaging Children, Teachers, and School Systems in Successful Literacy Learning.
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