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Teacher, Is There a Gifted Reader in First Grade?
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Bonds, Charles W.; Bonds, Lella T. – Roeper Review, 1983
Children who are reading well as they enter first grade usually have extensive vocabularies and good retention. Teachers should assess the students' various levels of reading ability (word recognition and comprehension) to plan a program with differentiated methods. (CL)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Gifted, Memory, Primary Education
An Approach to Earliest Readers.
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Wolcott, Patty – Children's Literature in Education, 1982
Describes the use of 10 word picture books to enrich the language experience of young children and to motivate their reading. (HOD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Early Reading, Language Enrichment
Katy Learns to Read and Write.
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Walton, Sherry – Young Children, 1989
Highlighted by Katy's early reading and writing experiences, guidelines to help young children become effective readers and writers are offered to parents and teachers. (BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Early Reading, Literacy, Parent Materials
Twenty-seven Suggestions for Improving Reading.
Eagan, Ruth – Highway One, 1985
Lists 27 suggestions for improving reading, including asking for educated guesses at unknown words and reading with children while holding the book so that children can see the words. (DF)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cloze Procedure, Early Reading, Reading Aloud to Others
A Preschool Environment for Emergent Reading.
Goetz, Elizabeth M. – 1983
Given preschool children's characteristically short attention spans and unpredictable interests, teachers can encourage early reading most effectively and appropriately through the systemization of informal or incidental, rather than formal, learning. They can make learning to read relevant to traditional preschool activities in a number of ways.…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Learning Activities, Preschool Children
A Guide to Individualizing Reading Readiness Activities for Reading Specialists, Clinicians, Teachers and Parents.
Christensen, K. Eleanor – 1984
Useful for teachers and parents of children who are developmentally ready for a beginning reading program, this guide is intended to help plan activities differentiated according to children's readiness for reading and individualized according to their strengths and needs. The guide is also helpful for young children who are either early readers…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Developmental Programs, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education
How to Nurture Early Literacy.
Britsch, Susan – Instructor, 1993
Presents some suggestions for nurturing and supporting emergent readers and writers (e.g., recognize drawing as an important step in early literacy, engage children in conversations about their daily experiences). Also presents an interview with two authors on the special literacy needs of students with major instabilities in their lives. (SM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Early Reading
Illinois Early Learning Project Tip Sheets: Language Arts.
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2003
The Illinois Early Learning Project (IEL) is funded by the Illinois State Board of Education to provide information resources on early learning and training related to implementing the Illinois Early Learning Standards for parents and for early childhood personnel in all settings. The IEL tip sheets offer suggestions to parents and early childhood…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Books