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First Steps Literacy Second Edition is the result of over a decade of reflection by practising teachers. It draws upon contemporary research and developments in the field of literacy learning that have occurred since the release of the original First Steps materials. First Steps Literacy Second Edition makes practical connections between assessment, teaching and learning and caters for diverse needs within a classroom.
Features and Benefits
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Each strand has its own CD-ROM. These provide teachers with formats suggested in the Linking Assessment Teaching and Learning Book, the Maps of Development and the Resource Book.
They include:
* Recording sheets
* Assessment formats
* Teaching formats
* Learning formats
* Parent support material
Teachers are able to reproduce these formats for their classroom.
Recommended CD specifications
PC
* 233 MHz or higher
* Window®s 98, 2000 ,
XP or Vista
* 128MB or more of installed RAM
* Adobe® Reader 7, 8 or 9
Mac
* G3 or higher
* OSX 2.8 or higher
* Microsoft® Office for Mac 2004
* 128MB or more of installed RAM
* Adobe® Reader 7, 8 or 9
Table of Contents
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* About Writing
* Understanding the Writing Map of Development
* Collecting Data to Assess Writing Development
* Role Play Writing Phase
* Experimental Writing Phase
* Early Writing Phase
* Transitional Writing Phase
* Conventional Writing Phase
* Proficient Writing Phase
* Accomplished Writing Phase