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Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning Paperback – 1 May 2004

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In productive classrooms, teachers don't just teach students math and reading skills; they build emotionally and relationally healthy learning communities. Teachers create intellectual environments that produce not only technically competent students, but also caring, secure, actively literate human beings. Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning shows how teachers can accomplish this by using their most powerful teaching tool: language.Throughout this book, author Peter Johnston provides examples of seemingly ordinary words, phrases, and uses of language that are pivotal in the orchestration of the classroom. Grounded in a study by accomplished literacy teachers, the book demonstrates how and what we say (and don't say) have surprising consequences for what children learn and for who they become as literate people. Students learn how to become strategic thinkers, not merely learning the literacy strategies, but adapting them to their lives outside of the classroom.In addition, Johnston examines the complex learning that teachers produce in classrooms that is hard to name and thus is not recognized by tests, by policy-makers, by the general public, and often by teachers themselves, yet is vitally important. This book will be enlightening for any teacher who wishes to be more conscious of the many ways their language helps children acquire literacy skills and view the world, their peers, and themselves in new ways.
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"This small book is packed with big ideas about the importance of teacher language." - Instructor
"Not only is the information important, but reading Choice Words will make you a better communicator with anyone, anywhere." - Language Arts
"This slim book will provoke conversation and question in professional development discussions and serves as a beginning for inquiry into vocabulary as cultural practice." - NERA Journal
"In this accessible, exciting, and important book, teachers will find rich examples of ways to consciously use language to build classroom communities." - Voices from the Middle
"This is a powerful book, one that will reinforce the language thoughtful teachers employ to help students become independent active learners." - English Journal
"Teachers can use this book as a guide to enhancing the climates in their classrooms, and encourage their students to development agency." - Education Book Review
"Now, when someone asks me "What is your favorite book?" I must say, 'Considering all the fiction, nonfiction, books, articles, children's books, magazines, and professional texts I have read over almost forty years, my favorite piece of writing is Choice Words.'" - LiteracyHead blog

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Peter H. Johnston (Ph.D. University of Illinois) is Professor of Education and Chair of the Reading Department at State University of New York at Albany. His position as an advocate for teachers and children developed from his early career teaching primary school in his native New Zealand. He is a recipient of the Albert J. Harris Award for his contribution to the understanding of reading disability and was chair of the IRA/NCTE Joint Task Force on Assessment. His many publications include Knowing Literacy: Constructive Literacy Assessment (Stenhouse 1997) and Running Records: A Self-Tutoring Guide (Stenhouse 2000). Peter’s continuing interest is in literacy assessment as it relates to democratic society.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (1 May 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 118 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1571103899
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1571103895
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 1.27 x 22.86 cm
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Knita
5.0 out of 5 stars Language-changing
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While I have always known that language plays an important part in teaching and dealing with students, this book make me realise how with tiny shifts in the way we speak and interact with our students can make such a huge impact.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Using for special ed Lit/num course
Reviewed in Canada on 9 October 2017
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Good condition, arrived on time. Using it for a course and am only a handful of pages in but so far so good.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Really useful for teaching
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2014
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Fascinating book. Really useful for teaching children
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, great condition upon arrival.
Reviewed in India on 24 February 2020
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This book is exactly what I ordered. High-quality print and arrived undamaged. Brand new item. I'm happy!
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Amber Quarles
5.0 out of 5 stars Our Choice is making a Difference
Reviewed in the United States on 6 November 2016
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Our school administration asked us to read "Choice Words" for the second time. The reason is because we have new people and they encouraged the faculty to direct this book not only in how we interact in speaking with our students but with each other. On a personal side this is a good book for parents . My youngest is 15 years old, and I can now see how to use "choice words" instead of saying....I want to "pimp slap you" for what you just said to me!
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