Get ready, get set, get going [electronic resource] : learning to read in northern Canada / Julia O'Sullivan, Janet Goosney ; with the International Expert Panel.
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TextPublication details: Thunder Bay, Ont. : Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs, Lakehead University, c2007Description: 1 online resource (62 p. : ill. (some col.), map) : digital file, PDFOther title: Learning to read in northern Canada [Portion of title]Subject(s): Reading -- Research -- Canada, Northern | Education -- Canada, Northern | Indigenous children -- Education -- Canada, Northern | Reading -- Canada, Northern | Reading readiness | Indigenous children -- Education -- Canada, Northern | Literacy -- Canada, NorthernDDC classification: 372.41/4 LOC classification: LB1050.43 | .O884 2007ebOnline resources: Full text Includes bibliographical references: p. 55-62.
Executive summary -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors -- About the international expert panel -- Definition of "north" -- Overview -- Northern children go to school -- Growing into reading -- Northern children get ready with supportive early literacy -- Environments -- Northern children get set with language support in school -- Northern children get going with excellent school-based reading programs -- Summary and recommendations -- Appendix 1: list of best principles -- References.
Includes Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, northern Quebec, Labrador and northern Saskatchewan, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia. Includes Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children (and their parents and communities), whose mother tongue may be English, French or one of the Aboriginal languages.
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