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Hey! I'm Reading!
Best-selling children's author Betty Miles reveals the secrets behind one of life's most important and enjoyable skills in the first-ever "how to" book for children who are just getting ready to read--and for the parents, relatives, teachers, and friends who want to help them.
- GenresChildrens
59 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
About the author
Betty Miles
42 books11 followersBetty Miles wrote more than thirty books for children, including easy readers, picture books, non-fiction books and nine novels for pre-adolescent readers. Her book HEY! I’M READING! is the first book about reading, written for new readers and their families.
Miles was an editor of the innovative Bank Street Readers. She has taught kindergarten children, graduate students, and volunteered as a visiting author in fourth grade classrooms at PS 291. Bronx, NY. She spoke and read workshops on reading and writing with children, parents, librarians, and teachers around the country. Betty Miles was a graduate of Antioch College. She taught children’s literature at Bank Street College of Education. Miles died on July 19, 2018 at her home in Shelburne, Vt. She was 90. She is survived by three children, Sara, David, and Ellen Miles (herself a middle grade author), and three grandchildren.
Miles was an editor of the innovative Bank Street Readers. She has taught kindergarten children, graduate students, and volunteered as a visiting author in fourth grade classrooms at PS 291. Bronx, NY. She spoke and read workshops on reading and writing with children, parents, librarians, and teachers around the country. Betty Miles was a graduate of Antioch College. She taught children’s literature at Bank Street College of Education. Miles died on July 19, 2018 at her home in Shelburne, Vt. She was 90. She is survived by three children, Sara, David, and Ellen Miles (herself a middle grade author), and three grandchildren.
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December 27, 2018
We read it three times over three years. The third time he read it himself. It is the best book I have ever seen on what it actually means to READ. I’m reading it now to my niece.
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October 4, 2011
This book is really only relevant for a very short time. That brief window when a child is ready to read, is excited about reading, but hasn't mastered it yet. Any younger than that and they simply will not understand that they are about to read and use strategies to get there. Any older and it's "been there, done that."
On the other hand, I think it's a valuable book for parents of children this age to have read, even if they don't read it to their child.
There are 3 (short) parts:
Some Things You Already Know About Reading
Some Ways to Read
20 Pages for You to Read Yourself
The first part is reminding the child that they already recognize that words are part of life: on the cereal box, street signs, in the books bigger people read, etc. "If you like to listen and talk, and can write your name, you're ready to read!"
The second part acknowledges the many ways we "read." We remember what shapes make what sounds, and what words are always in the same place (stop sign). We can sound out the letters. We can use pictures and context to help us understand the words. We understand if a word or phrase makes sense ("Hey, pots!" is silly, but "Hey, stop!" makes sense.)
I think it's important for adults to remember that there are many, many skills being used when a child learns to read, and we should honor all of them, and especially the ones that serve an individual child best. There is really no One Way to learn reading.
On the other hand, I think it's a valuable book for parents of children this age to have read, even if they don't read it to their child.
There are 3 (short) parts:
Some Things You Already Know About Reading
Some Ways to Read
20 Pages for You to Read Yourself
The first part is reminding the child that they already recognize that words are part of life: on the cereal box, street signs, in the books bigger people read, etc. "If you like to listen and talk, and can write your name, you're ready to read!"
The second part acknowledges the many ways we "read." We remember what shapes make what sounds, and what words are always in the same place (stop sign). We can sound out the letters. We can use pictures and context to help us understand the words. We understand if a word or phrase makes sense ("Hey, pots!" is silly, but "Hey, stop!" makes sense.)
I think it's important for adults to remember that there are many, many skills being used when a child learns to read, and we should honor all of them, and especially the ones that serve an individual child best. There is really no One Way to learn reading.
August 29, 2012
Excellent intro to reading strategies. Written by a kindergarten teacher.
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