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Brady, Susan; Gillis, Margie; Smith, Tara; Lavalette, MaryEllen; Liss-Bronstein, Linda; Lowe, Evelyn; North, Wendy; Russo, Evelyn; Wilder, T. Diane – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009
The study examined the efficacy of an intensive form of professional development (PD) for building the knowledge of first-grade teachers in the areas of phonological awareness and phonics. The PD featured frequent in-class support from highly knowledgeable mentors for one school year, in addition to an introductory two-day summer institute and…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Phonics, Self Efficacy, Phonological Awareness
Birsh, Judith R., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
As new research shows how effective systematic and explicit teaching of language-based skills is for students with learning disabilities--along with the added benefits of multisensory techniques--discover the latest on this popular teaching approach with the third edition of this bestselling textbook. Adopted by colleges and universities across…
Descriptors: Multisensory Learning, Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Disabilities
McCormack, Rachel L.; Pasquarelli, Susan Lee – Guilford Publications, 2009
Elementary teachers of reading have one essential goal--to prepare diverse children to be independent, strategic readers in real life. This innovative text helps preservice and inservice teachers achieve this goal by providing knowledge and research-based strategies for teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, all aspects of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reading, Phonemic Awareness, Reading Instruction
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Boyle, Joseph R. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2008
Teaching children with mild disabilities to read can be a challenging task for even the most seasoned teacher. In order to be successful, teachers need to be knowledgeable about the big five of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension (National Reading Panel, 2000). While the ultimate goal of reading is…
Descriptors: Phonics, Mild Disabilities, Reading Strategies, Phonemic Awareness
McIntyre, Ellen; Hulan, Nancy; Layne, Vicky – Guilford Publications, 2010
This practical, teacher-friendly book provides indispensable guidance for implementing research-based reading instruction that is responsive to students' diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Structured around the "big five" core topics of an effective reading program--phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension--the…
Descriptors: Discussion, Reading Programs, Phonemic Awareness, Second Language Learning
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McNair, Jonda – Young Children, 2007
A number of studies on literacy development, as well as two key tenets of social constructivist theory, support the use of children's own names for engaging children in meaningful and authentic reading and writing activities that foster important understandings about print. Spelling and writing their names help children learn the letters of the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Emergent Literacy, Alphabets, Constructivism (Learning)
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Baker, Thomas – English Teaching Forum, 2008
This article discusses whole language and phonics approaches to teaching L1 reading. It argues to bring these two perspectives together under an integrated approach to better teach second language reading. The article offers an integrated lesson plan with adaptable activities and techniques that show how to apply the integrated approach.
Descriptors: Reading Research, Lesson Plans, Whole Language Approach, Phonics
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Sekeres, Diane Carver; Gregg, Madeleine – Journal of Geography, 2008
This article examines the ways in which the poetry strand of literacy instruction can help teachers infuse geography into the elementary classroom. Teachers can use poems to target important aspects of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. When the poems contain substantive geography…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Geography, Phonemic Awareness, Literacy Education
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Mahar, Nicole E.; Richdale, Amanda L. – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2008
This study examined 120 Victorian preservice and inservice teachers' ability to implement evidence-based, early literacy instruction by examining whether teachers possessed positive perceptions of explicit instruction in sound-letter relationships, and a proficient knowledge of language structure. Teachers' confidence in teaching students of known…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Private Schools, State Schools, Catholics
Ellis, Sue, Ed.; McCartney, Elspeth, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2011
Modern primary teachers must adapt literacy programmes and ensure efficient learning for all. They must also support children with language and literacy difficulties, children learning English as an additional language and possibly teach a modern foreign language. To do this effectively, they need to understand the applied linguistics research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Applied Linguistics, Inservice Teacher Education
Albert, Elaine – 1999
Contrast is one of the great principles of any art--two things that are different are put side-by-side so that both can be seen for comparison. This paper considers initially two kinds of contrast in phonics: the sounds of the five short vowels (a e i o u); and the sequence from left-to-right in sounding out the letters. The paper states that…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Phonics, Primary Education
Harris, William T.; Rickoff, Andrew J.; Bailey, Mark – American Book Company, 1905
This textbook is a second reader with longer words from common vocabulary that pupils should learn to recognize in print as they do in speech. Pupils should learn to use them in conversation more readily because they are to be found in their reader, which trains them in the use of good language. The phonic method is used. A key to the…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Phonics, Pronunciation
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Dana, Carol – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1991
An approach to teaching phonics to children with special learning needs or reading difficulties is presented. The approach utilizes a sounding chart containing "clue boxes" to help children identify how letter patterns sound, and the method sequences generalizations according to difficulty. This article discusses testing, placement, and…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Phonics, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
Savage, John – Open University Press, 2006
Rather than treating phonics as an end in itself, this brief text shows how phonics fits into the overall process of a child's learning to read. It helps students understand how phonics can be integrated successfully into an effective classroom reading program. While it includes a wealth of suggestions for practical classroom applications, the…
Descriptors: Phonemic Awareness, Teaching Methods, Reading Programs, Writing Instruction
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Gray, Colette; McCloy, Sarah; Dunbar, Carol; Dunn, Jill; Mitchell, Denise; Ferguson, James – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2007
As the number of learning support assistants (also referred to as classroom assistants, teaching aides, auxiliary support and paraeducators) employed in the primary sector continues to increase, questions concerning the contribution they make to raising standards of attainment remain to be answered. This article reports evidence from a small-scale…
Descriptors: Phonics, Pretests Posttests, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs
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