Helping Young Children Learn Language and Literacy

Test, 19, 69, 104, 119, 125, 127, 135-136, 138-141, Visual acuity, 181 Z
143, 169, 174 Visual aids, 67
Visual displays, 24 Zero, 127, 175
Test publishers, 141 Visual perception, 52 Zero to Three, 175
Test takers, 135 Vocabulary, 21-22, 50, 57, 59, 62-63, 65-67, 70, 136, Zoom, 131
testing, 125-126, 140, 143, 165, 177, 181
Tests, 125, 135, 140, 143, 147 139-142, 165-169, 173, 176-179, 181-182
Vocabulary Development, 173
aptitude, 125 Vocabulary instruction, 166-167, 176
norms, 143 Voice, 57, 66, 114, 152, 175
Problem with, 143 Volunteers, 110, 112
select, 135
Texas, 26, 75, 116, 121, 148, 165 W
Text, 7-8, 11-12, 49, 55-57, 59-61, 63-64, 66, 72-74,
Wait time, 136
103-104, 107, 111-112, 117-118, 130, Walls, 1, 10, 102, 104
177-178, 181, 183 wants, 50, 67, 71, 103, 107, 126, 141
expository, 56-57, 66, 72, 177 Washington, 165-168, 171-172, 174, 176-177, 179,
Text comprehension, 181
Text structure, 66 182
Textbooks, 58 Water fountain, 129
Thank-you notes, 7 Water table, 4
The Parent, 56-57, 72, 141, 144, 172 Watson, 113-115, 146, 182
Theater, 2 Web sites, 51
Thematic units, 11 Websites, 51, 75
Theme, 2, 7, 10-11, 21-22, 59, 72-74, 130, 132, 141 Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence,
theories, 179
Theory, 167, 169, 174, 178, 181 140
Theory of mind, 167 Weight, 10
Therapy, 169 Whole, 3, 18-22, 24-25, 61, 64, 75, 103, 108-110, 117,
Think, 1, 49-51, 55, 59-61, 63, 65-66, 102, 112,
124-125, 130, 135, 179 135-136, 171, 180-181
Thinking, 26, 49-50, 58, 61, 75, 121, 124, 146, 148, Whole child, 180
160-163, 165-166, 177, 181 Whole language, 171, 181
Thomas, 71, 181 Whole-group instruction, 20
Thompson, 171, 181 Wiggins, Grant, 126
Tier 2 instruction, 21 Windows, 3
Time, 1, 4-5, 8-9, 11, 13-14, 17-26, 49-50, 55, 57-62, Wisdom, 175
64, 66-67, 69-70, 72, 74-75, 101, 103-104, Women, 175
107-108, 110, 112-116, 118-121, 125, Word awareness, 139, 173
127-129, 131-133, 136, 139, 143, 147-148, Word knowledge, 60
152, 159, 161, 167, 183 Word learning, 70, 170, 173, 180, 182
engaged, 20, 62, 70 Word processing, 8-9, 109, 111
for small group, 1 Word processing programs, 111
to think, 60, 112 word processors, 8
units, 11, 104, 107 Word recognition, 11
Title, 49-51, 58-59, 64-65, 73, 109, 114, 130, 138 Word study, 165
Toileting, 19 Word Wall, 22, 114-115, 181
Tongue twisters, 187 Words, 4, 7, 11, 13, 16, 23, 25, 49-50, 53, 55, 57,
Tools, 2, 4, 7-13, 22-25, 73, 102, 104, 107, 120, 125,
127-128, 135, 142, 147, 166 59-66, 69-74, 102, 104, 106-111, 113-115,
for teaching, 23, 102, 142 119-120, 128, 130, 136, 138, 142, 151,
Topics, 5, 7, 26, 51, 54, 75, 121, 148, 177 165-166, 172, 178, 180-181
touch, 16, 52-53, 118, 188 base, 11
Touching, 71 Work, 1, 14, 18, 21-22, 50, 57, 60, 67, 72, 101,
Toys, 150-153 103-104, 106-107, 113, 116-117, 120, 125,
Training, 140, 142, 169 127-129, 134-135, 140-147, 171, 178-179
Transcription, 131 World knowledge, 60
Transfer, 23, 169 Writers, 4, 9, 102-104, 107, 112-115, 119-120, 126,
Transitions, 1, 18, 22, 24, 172, 177, 182 146, 175, 177, 180
Transparencies, 64 Writing, 1-4, 7-11, 13, 15, 18, 20-21, 23-26, 50, 58, 61,
Treatment, 170, 182 66, 69, 72-75, 101-121, 126, 128-129, 131,
Turns, 14, 18, 49-50, 60, 63, 69, 110, 112, 115, 128 133-135, 138-139, 142, 147-148, 160-161,
Turn-taking, 55, 71 166-167, 170-175, 179-181
form of, 2, 9-10, 25, 103, 107, 110, 117
U genres, 3, 58, 73
kid, 9, 114-115, 170
Understanding, 3, 52, 56-57, 59, 65, 70, 102, 113, 119, ownership of, 112
126, 140, 145, 176, 179, 182 right, 2, 15, 103-104, 107-109, 113, 166, 172
structures in, 21
United States, 23, 126, 131-132, 138 to solve, 129
Units, 11, 104-105, 107 Writing ability, 139
University of Chicago Press, 175 Writing center, 1-4, 7-8, 21, 24-25, 50, 69, 102-104,
University of Pennsylvania, 168 107, 109, 115-118, 131, 133
U.S. Department of Education, 171 Writing centers, 3-4, 7, 25
Utensils, 153 Writing development, 1, 15, 107, 119, 121, 139, 142,
180-181
V Writing folders, 7
Writing instruction, 102, 104, 120
Valentine, 67, 129 Writing process, 113, 115, 120
Validity, 125, 135, 141 Writing strategies, 116, 119
Writing tools, 4, 7, 9-10, 23-25, 102, 104, 120
criterion, 125, 135 Writing workshop, 102-103, 113-115, 120, 166, 170
Variables, 131, 133, 135 Writing workshops, 114
Verbal ability, 139 Written expression, 23
Verbal behavior, 179 Written language, 101, 103-104, 107, 115, 119, 139
Verbal fluency, 62-63 concepts about, 139
Vernon-Feagans, 181
Verse, 167 Y
Video, 118, 131, 133-134, 147
Videotape, 75, 132 Young children, 1-4, 6-9, 11, 13, 16, 19, 22, 24-25,
Videotaping, 75 49-62, 64, 66-74, 101-103, 107-108,
Vietnamese, 54 114-120, 123-130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140,
Vignettes, 128-129, 134-135, 147 142, 144, 146-148, 149, 165-176, 178-183,
Vision, 52 185

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