Author
Teaching Strategies for Literacy in the Early Years
Coral Swan
About Coral's Book:
NOW into its THIRD PRINTING, here are 41 practical, interactive strategies to develop reading, viewing, writing, speaking and listening in your early years classroom. Presented in a clear, easy to use format by Nationally Awarded practicing Grade One Teacher Dr Coral Swan.
Whilst appropriate for students in the first three years of school, many of the strategies can be adapted for older students. They have been used successfully with children from diverse backgrounds and locations.
The strategies provide tools to help teachers interact with children's interests and everyday lives to develop and extend literacy learning in their early years classrooms. Each strategy includes:
- title
- brief description
- rationale
- steps
- example
- extension
10 Key features of the book:
- Wide choice of practical, proven literacy strategies
- All 41 strategies are used successfully by Dr Swan
- Gives teachers tools to connect with students' interests
- Easy to select and adapt strategies to suit your needs
- Quick searching with alphabetical index
- Easy to read with well spaced, large text
- Enriched with explanatory photos & diagrams
- Most strategies are just one or two pages
- Spiral binding allows you to open or fold the book flat
- Attractive, compact (105 pgs), durable
About the author:
Dr Coral Swan has many years' teaching experience and especially enjoys seeing children blossom during their first years at school. She has worked with teachers and pre-service teachers in schools and university and has presented to colleagues at many workshops and conferences. In 2001 she received an Australian Teachers Prize for Excellence and a National Excellence in Teaching Award. She is still excited about 'Giving Children Wings' and is currently teaching Year One in Queensland Australia.
Articles and publications by Coral Swan:
- Attempting to reconcile teaching theory and practice: "What do you do if you don't do worksheets?"
- Real-lives in the real-world: Literacies and Learning in Year One
- Get 'real' in the Early Years
- Maths in Literature (Independent Study)
- Child-generated text for beginning readers and writers
- Children write about items of interest - holidays or not
- Give Them Wings
- Learning to Fly: Effective Literacy Learning in a Year 1 Classroom
- Exploring Literacy Learning in a Year 1 Context
- Child-initiated literacy episodes: Sites of significant learning in early education
"Coral, your book is absolutely fabulous. It's one of my most treasured teaching resources."
Michelle Luhrmann
Director of Early Learning
Sheldon College