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Six Creative Reading Programs
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Reading Teacher, 1975
Describes six Right to Read programs funded by Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title II grants.
Descriptors: Creative Reading, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Improvement
The Function of the Advisory Board: Reading
Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Elementary English, 1970
A district supervisor of reading recommends the formation of teacher/parent advisory boards for reading and other curriculuar areas, based upon his first year of experience working with one. (RD)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Educational Needs, Reading Improvement
Successful Community-Based Reading Programs
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Language Arts, 1977
Describes several programs initiated by the New Haven public school system to improve student reading. (DD)
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Elementary Education, Reading, Reading Improvement
The Reading Observation Checklist
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Reading Improvement, 1974
Suggests that one of the most effective ways principals can improve reading instruction is through classroom observation and provides a checklist which will serve as a guideline for follow-up conferences between the principal and teachers. (RB)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Check Lists, Elementary Education, Guidelines
Viable Strategies for Promoting Growth among Reading Personnel
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Reading Horizons, 1976
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Consultants, Reading Improvement, Staff Development
Creative Approaches to Teaching Reading through Art.
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Art Education, 1985
Fifteen activities that interrelate art and reading are described. The activities can be used with elementary school children. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Creative Teaching, Elementary Education
The 10 Most Common Questions Parents Ask About Reading.
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – PTA Today, 1984
A list of questions has been compiled to help teachers work with parents on common reading problems of students. (DF)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Effective Ways to Improve Reading Comprehension.
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Reading, 1985
Suggests 10 classroom-tested activities that improve reading comprehension. (DF)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension
Parent Involvement in Reading: Surface or Meaningful?
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Childhood Education, 1984
Distinguishes between surface and meaningful parent involvement in reading. Describes six situations that meaningfully involve parents in school: (1) parent learning stations, (2) newspaper activities, (3) a parent talent bank, (4) "thin-book" reading from "cut up books," (5) parent activity sheets, and (6) a parent recreation room. (BJD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Learning Experience, Parent Influence
Volunteers Help Disabled Readers.
Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Highway One, 1984
Offers advice and guidance to those wishing to develop a volunteer tutoring program that costs little and helps many children in need of tutorial assistance in reading. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Program Content, Program Development, Reading Difficulties
A Multimedia Program for Reluctant Readers
Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – J Reading, 1969
Describes a six week unit, incorporated into an established reading program, through which 40 high school students who previously had been unsuccessful readers became creatively involved in a program of films, television, photographs, and books. (MD)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Multimedia Instruction, Paperback Books, Photocomposition
A Note on Publishing Reading Scores
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – New England Reading Association Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Accountability, Informal Reading Inventories, National Norms, Parent Teacher Cooperation
A Fresh Look at Secondary Reading
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P.; Rossman, Jean – Clearing House, 1977
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Ways to Foster a Home-School Partnership in Reading.
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Reading Horizons, 1986
Describes ways to involve parents in supporting quality reading instruction through communication and activities. The New Haven (Conn.) Public Schools used school book lending, newsletters, school-sponsored family nights, daytime parent visitation, and other strategies to increase parent participation. (SRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Program Content
Improving Classroom Reading Instruction.
Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – 1973
This book is intended for preservice and inservice training of teachers of elementary reading. The contents discuss: current emphases in reading instruction and research supporting each of the approaches; the stages of reading development as well as the various materials and activities used for teaching each level; the basic reading program,…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories