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Background Research-Language & Literacy

  • 1-26-06 Networking Sessions References  PDF
  • What Do We Mean by "America's Reading Crisis?"--by Louisa Moats, Ed.D.    PPT
  • Beginning To Read: Thinking and Learning About Print--worksheet    DOC   PDF
  • California Vocabulary Forum--Teaching California's Next Generation of Readers by Natalie Woods Andrews, Ed.D. & Dana Eagen Sacramento County Office of Education, 2005  PDF   PPT
  • Children drowning in a sea of blah--by Linda Doherty, 2004, The Age (Melbourne, Australia)  DOC   PDF 
  • Early Literacy Development: Foundations and Interrelations--by Christopher J. Lonigan, Ph.D, 2006  PDF
  • Early Speech and Language Development: Processes, Benchmarks and the Impact of Disability by Dr. Mary McLean  PPT
  • Early Language and Literacy: Classroom Observation ELLCO  PDF  PPT
  • Find the Mean Length of Utterance--activity by Dr. Mary McLean, 2006  PDF
  • Supporting Oral Language Through Effective Conversations in Preschool Classrooms by David K. Dickinson PDF  PPT
  • Grammatical Morphemes --worksheet by Dr. Mary McLean, 2006  PDF
  • High Quality Classrooms: A Key Ingrediant to Family Literacy Programs--reference list PDF
  • How to Build Language Skills by Louisa Moats, Ed.D.  PPT
  • The Comprehensive Language Approach to Early Literacy: The Interrelationships Among Vocabulary, Phonological Sensitivity, and Print Knowledge Among Preschool-Aged Children by David K. Dickinson, Allyssa McCabe, Louisa Anastasopoulos, Ellen S. Peisner-Feinberg and Michele D. Poe, Journal of Educational Psychology, 2003  PDF
  • Language is the Key from Ideas That Work, U.S. Deptartment of Education Special Education Division DOC
  • Literacy Quotes PPT
  • Many Strands That are Woven into Skilled Reading  DOC   PDF
  • McLean References  PDF
  • Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children by Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley, June, 2002  DOC  PDF
  • One Two Three--a closing activity worksheet  DOC  PDF
  • Phonological Awareness: Instructional Strategies for Children with Special Need by Roni Tunick, Special Education Lead  PDF
  • Preschool-Based Prevention of Reading Disability: Realities versus Possibilities by David K. Dickinson, Allyssa McCabe, and Nancy Clark-Chiarelli DOC  PDF
  • Preschool Vocabulary Development by Dr. Theresa Roberts  PPT
  • The Roots of Learning to Read and Write: Acquisition of Letters and Phonemic Awareness in English Language Learner and English only children. by Dr. Theresa Roberts PPT
  • Specific Prereading Skills by Louisa Moats, Ed.D.  PPT
  • Vocabulary Development Planning Form--worksheet activity, 2006  DOC
  • Vocabulary Development During the Preschool Years: Its Influence on the Achievement Gap (Reserch Bites) PDF  PPT
  • What does language and early literacy development look like--worksheet  DOC  PDF