McCracken and McCracken 1987

McCracken, Robert A., and Marlene J. McCracken. 1987.Reading is only the tiger's tail. Winnipeg, Canada: Peguis. 230 pages. 0920541135. Location: Dallas SIL Library 372.6 M132. Interest level: lay specialist.

Is written specifically for teachers educating children in the language arts. Advocates the integration of listening, thinking, speaking, writing all these activities in a meaningful way from the beginning. Stresses that meaning and concepts are central to language learning. Recommends Sustained Silent Reading of interesting children's books as a main form of reading practice.

Places strong focus on teaching children to encode sounds into writing as a bridge to gaining skills in decoding during reading. Gives good examples of structuring beginning writing with the use of frame sentences. Includes examples of children's art and writing generated by participation in the program. Sustained Silent Reading, originally developed by Lyman Hunt of the University of Vermont, was popularized by the original 1972 edition. Is now a widely accepted component of many reading programs.

• Bibliography module: McCracken and McCracken 1987
• In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): M
• In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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