| Storytime: Young Children's Literary Understanding in the Classroom Contributor(s): Sipe, Lawrence R. (Author), Genishi, Celia (Editor), Alvermann, Donna E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807748285 ISBN-13: 9780807748282 Publisher: Teachers College Press OUR PRICE: $37.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: The author draws on his own extensive research in urban classrooms to present a grounded theoretical model of young childrens understanding of picture storybooks. Advancing a much broader and deeper theory of literary understanding, the author suggests that children respond in five different ways during picture storybook readalounds; that these responses reveal that children are engaged in five different types of literary meaning-making; and that these five types of meaning-making are instantiations of five foundational aspects of literary understanding. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Elementary - Language Arts & Disciplines | Literacy - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts |
| Dewey: 372.6 |
| LCCN: 2007032358 |
| Series: Language & Literacy |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.3" W x 8.93" (0.97 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The author draws on his own extensive research in urban classrooms to present a comprehensive, grounded theoretical model of children's understanding of picture storybooks--the first to focus specifically on young children. Advancing a much broader and deeper theory of literary understanding, the author suggests that children respond in five different ways during picture storybook readalouds; that these responses reveal that children are engaged in different types of literary meaning-making; and that these types of meaning-making are examples of five foundational aspects of literary understanding. Capturing the liveliness of children's responses, this dynamic volume:
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