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I slutet av sommaren 2021 fick alla barn som skulle börja förskoleklass en diktbok. Även en klassuppsättning skickades ut till samtliga skolor med förskoleklass. Utgivare var Svenska Akademien, i samarbete med Skolverket, förlaget En bok för alla samt Läsrörelsen. I artikeln redogörs det för idéerna bakom utgivningen men också hur man paktiskt kan arbeta med boken. 

Previous research has shown that teachers’ knowledge of a functional metalanguage plays a central role in supporting students’ writing development. However, only a few of these studies have focused on primary school teachers and their use of metalanguage in various text types. The aim of this study was to investigate how primary school teachers talk about young students’ (ages 7–9) narrative and informational texts before and after taking part in professional development workshops presenting different language resources and accompanying metalanguage. These resources represent a broader view of language than the more formal tradition offered to primary school teachers in Sweden. The results showed that after participating in the workshops, the teachers had broadened their repertoires concerning what aspects they talk about and how they talk about them; that is, their talks became more text-specific and extensive, and they used a formal metalanguage to a greater extent. These results are discussed in relation to the tradition of writing instruction used in primary grades in Sweden and the teachers’ pathways to broadening their repertoire of metalanguage. Also discussed is the potential a broader language view in early grades may have in supporting students’ writing development throughout their school years.

I denna helt unika antologi för barn i lågstadieåldern låter vi 60 dikter ur den glimrande svenska poesiskatten möta 15 nutida svenska illustratörer. Deras texter och bilder blir tillsammans en helt ny upplevelse som väcker nya tankar, initierar samtal och öppnar upp helt nya världar för såväl stora som små.