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What to Do Before The Formal Teaching of Reading Begins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

A.C. Durre
A.C. Durre*
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Gordonvale State School
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The teacher sits on her low stool with the children around her. They are seated comfortably on a piece of carpet. Eyes and faces show intense interest in the story being read. Then -- “Teacher Pam, show me that word ‘wallaby’.”

The teacher is delighted at this interruption from little ------ as it is the first indicator after many weeks that she is making the connection between marks on the page and MEANING - a very necessary step for any child who is going to learn to read successfully and effectively.

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Across Australia ……. from Teacher to Teacher
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 1985 , pp. 18 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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