Let's find out! : building content knowledge with young children /

"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 (p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kempton, Susan L. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Portland, Maine : Stenhouse Publishers, [2014]
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) Language arts (Primary) Literacy > Study and teaching (Primary) Comprehension in children. Learning, Psychology of.

Table of Contents:

Why schema?
Connected learning
The role of the teacher in developing schema
Story road map
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.