Becoming Literate - the Construction of Inner Control

by Marie M. Clay

Excellent Book

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, School

366 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Primary teachers with some experience can probably skip to the last 3 chapters about strategies/programs/interventions. The rest of the chapters are mostly about reading behaviours which teachers will have already seen first hand. However, the first few chapters did explain why reading programs that focus exclusively on very controlled texts (e.g. those CVC passages like "Dan has a cat. The cat has a rat" etc.) are problematic.

[Melody · Rating 4 out of 5]

An amazing exploration of overall literacy aquisition in children. I loved reading it as a Reading Recovery teacher, but also as a Mom!

[Lydia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book helped me think about learning to read differently than I ever had before. Clay is surely missed.

[Helen Cosner · Rating 4 out of 5]

excellent framework for early literacy- extremely detailed should be read slowly with intentionality

[Christi · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dense and elementary-based

[Kelly Montana · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just awful.

[Tyshawn Knight · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for new tutors and teachers who want to understand how children learn to read and who want to help children learn to read.