Organic Literacy The Keywords Approach to Owning Words in Print [Hardcover]

Organic vocabulary describes a childs inner source of thoughts and is based on the work of New Zealand educator Sylvia Ashton-Warner. It can help promote early literacy among children who have limited experience with print. This book expands upon and applies early research to todays classrooms.Organic vocabulary is a term that describes a childs inner source of thoughts. Based on the early work of Sylvia Ashton-Warner in New Zealand with Maori children, organic vocabulary can help promote early literacy among children who have little connection and prior experiences with print. This book connects the early research and methodology to todays classrooms. These connections are applied to Title 1 schools (indicating low socioeconomic status), second language learners, and children with multiple levels of ability and adverse risk factors.PrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter One: An Introduction to KeywordsChapter Two: A Historical Context for Sylvia Ashton-WarnerChapter Three: Developing My Own Keyword StyleChapter Four: Keywords in a Kindergarten ClassroomChapter Five: Keywords in a First Grade ClassroomChapter Six: Keywords in a Second Grade ClassroomChapter Seven: Keywords in an English Language Learners ClassroomChapter Eight: Adaptations to Fit Other Classroom ContextsChapter Nine: How to Easily and Effectively Set Up Your Classroom for KeywordsChapter Ten: ConclusionAppendix A: Sample Kindergarten KeywordsAppendix B: Sample First Grade KeywordsAppendix C: Sample Second Grade KeywordsBibliographyKathy Fox is a teacher educator at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She spent the first twenty-four years of her professional life as a preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade teacher in California.Chelsey Bahlmann has taught first and third grades in North and South Carolina. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Georgia in reading, writing, children's literature, and digital literacy.Joy Foster Hughes is an elementary school teacher. She has a balÔ