Scribble Scrabble: Learning to Read and Write Success With Diverse Teachers, Children, and Families [Hardcover]

Daniel R. Meier (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0807738832 | ISBN-13: 978-0807738832 | Publication Date: January 2000

Based on the author's teaching experiences with young children, "Scribble, Scrabble" offers a cogent and timely discussion of ways to unite developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive literacy practices. The text unites theory, research and actual teaching practices to broaden and deepen current interest on creating and implementing meaningful and responsive literacy practices and activities during children's early school years. "Scribble Scrabble" also features actual student texts, writing, and drawings and discussions with preschool and elementary school teachers as well as parents regarding their views on literacy development for diverse learners in our contemporary schools.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Daniel Meier is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at San Francisco State University. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 155 pages
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807738832
• ISBN-13: 978-0807738832
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,659,973 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Development, Diversity, and Literacy-Toward Common Ground, June 22, 2000

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This review is from: Scribble Scrabble--Learning to Read and Write: Success With Diverse Teachers, Children, and Families (Paperback)

The title caught my eye. "Scribble" and writing I understood, but scrabble just didn't fit. Then I read the first chapter. Daniel Meier has been a classroom teacher, teacher educator, and researcher and through his book Scribble scrabble- he has given me back the importance and pride of early literacy efforts. In this ethnographic study Meier presents detailed pictures of children from diverse backgrounds learning to make sense of literacy in a preschool setting. The stories he provides are formed from the very words of children and interpreted by a careful listener and an observer grounded in theory. Scribble Scrabble is important because its purpose is to find common ground between developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive literacy teaching. Meier then wants to communicate those findings to teachers, teachers-to-be, and others interested in understanding and improving the literate lives of children, teachers, and families in urban schools.