Let's find out! : building content knowledge with young children / Susan Kempton ; foreword by Ellin Oliver Keene.

Author/creator Kempton, Susan L.
Format Book
PublicationPortland, Maine : Stenhouse Publishers, [2014]
Descriptionxi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects
Reading comprehension--Study and teaching (Elementary).
Content area reading.
Language arts--Correlation with content subjects.
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Reading, Psychology of.
Schemas (Psychology)

Contents Why schema? -- Connected learning -- Role of the teacher in developing schema -- Story roadmap -- Tim the tortoise -- Lions -- Snow bear -- Mario : our albino corn snake -- MLK : a very, very special man -- What's math? -- Frog spawn, bees, and trolleys -- Death, dying, living: the gifts.
Abstract "In her new book, Let's Find Out!, kindergarten teacher Susan Kempton talks about the importance of helping children build the content knowledge that is critical to educational success. She shows how she capitalizes on children's natural curiosity and uses various tools--literature (particularly nonfiction), visuals, living and nonliving artifacts, drawing, song, movement, dramatization--to develop language, concepts, and basic literacy skills"-- From publisher's website.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 236-238) and index.
LCCN 2013036732
ISBN9781571109514 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN157110951X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks LB1573.7 .K46 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold