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Caroline R. van der Mescht – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2023
Background: In the context of the ongoing crisis in early reading literacy in South Africa, this article gives insight into teacher practices which reduce learners' opportunities to read continuous text for meaning. Aim: This ethnographic study investigated the microcosm of teacher practices in well-resourced environments. Setting: A purposive…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Phonics, Grade 1
Cárdenas-Hagan, Elsa, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2020
More than 5 million English learners attend U.S. public schools--and yet fewer than 3% of teachers are certified to work with them. Fill that gap in teacher education with this practical and comprehensive textbook, an evidence-based guide to providing English learners in Pre-K-Grade 6 with explicit, systematic instruction on language and literacy…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Teaching Methods, Literacy Education, Preschool Education
Center for Innovation in Assessment (NJ1), 2013
The First Grade Pre-Screening is designed to be used at the start of the first grade school year so that teachers can obtain information about their incoming students. This information is intended to give teachers insight about what math and reading skills a student may or may not have at the beginning of the year. The information can aid teachers…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Screening Tests, Alphabets
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Iwasaki, Becky; Rasinski, Timothy; Yildirim, Kasim; Zimmerman, Belinda S. – Reading Teacher, 2013
Based on a first grade teacher's search for approaches to promote successful reading acquisition in her first grade classroom, the authors present a curricular engagement in which the teacher explored using music, specifically singing songs, as a fun and motivating way to accelerate reading progress. The premise is that singing (while at the…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Singing
Verhagen, Connie – Center on Instruction, 2012
This publication helps educators create differentiated reading instruction experiences for their students by showing the relationship between two distinct resources: Student Center Activities (SCAs) and the Common Core State Standards (CCSSs). Reading specialists, reading coaches, and teachers will find this document useful in lesson planning, as…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Reading Instruction, Small Group Instruction, Learning Activities
Hiskes, Dolores G. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
This tenth edition of the best-selling book teaches reading using sounds and spelling patterns. These sounds and patterns are introduced one at a time, and slowly built into words, syllables, phrases, and sentences. Simple step-by-step directions begin every lesson. Although originally designed for K-2 emergent readers, this award-winning book is…
Descriptors: Sentences, Spelling, Learning Disabilities, Word Lists
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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
Baldwin, James; Bender, Ida C. – American Book Company, 1912
The phonic method of teaching has many great advantages; so also has the indispensable word method; and the much derided alphabet method is too valuable to be neglected. It is evident that the system of greatest efficiency in teaching reading is that which seeks to utilize and harmonize all the devices that have proved to be of most worth in all…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Reading Instruction, Instructional Materials, Grade 1
Baldwin, James; Bender, Ida C. – American Book Company, 1911
This textbook is a first reader that includes exercises on phonetics and word-building, word grouping, introduction of phonic elements, the grouping or indentation of sentences, nursery rhymes, and the letters of the alphabet. Footnotes and references are provided for teacher's guidance.
Descriptors: Textbooks, Reading Instruction, Grade 1, Elementary Education
Vaughn, Sharon; Linan-Thompson, Sylvia – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2007
At last, a truly helpful, practical guide for K-4 teachers who want to ensure that their approach to teaching young English language learners is based on research and grounded in proven classroom practices. The authors of ASCD's best-selling book "Research-Based Methods of Reading Instruction, Grades K-3" explain how you can help the English…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Second Language Learning
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Mills, Lewis Sprague – Gorham Press, 1920
This manual for teachers sets forth in some detail the direct method of teaching children to read. It has proved successful to a very large degree in the hands of teachers with no experience or teaching preparation. This manual includes: (1) History of the Method; (2) The Method Explained; (3) Principles Underlying the Method; (4) Material Needed…
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, Direct Instruction, Reading Instruction, Educational History
Hiskes, Dolores G. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2005
Now in its ninth edition, "Phonics Pathways" (with help from Dewey the Bookworm[TM]) teaches students of all ages the rudiments of phonics and spelling with an efficient, practical, and foolproof method. Written in an easy-to-use format, "Phonics Pathways" is organized by sounds and spelling patterns. The patterns are introduced one at a time and…
Descriptors: Sentences, Spelling, Phonics, Learning Disabilities
Pollard, Rebecca S. – Western Publishing House, 1891
This Manual provides the foundation for a reading and spelling course which avoids use of the phonic method. Instead of teaching the word as a whole and afterward subjecting it to phonic analysis, this Synthetic Method takes the sounds of the letters for the starting point, and with these sounds lay a foundation firm and broad, upon which is built…
Descriptors: Spelling, Teaching Methods, Phonics, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Indiana Department of Education, 2006
The materials included in this manual are organized according to the Indiana Grade 1 Academic Standards for English/Language Arts. In each section teachers will find: (1) Indiana Grade 1 Academic Standards for English/Language Arts; (2) Assessments: diagnostic/practice pages for skill areas, checklists, and rubrics; (3) Classroom Activities:…
Descriptors: Reading Diagnosis, Reading Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Grade 1
Learning Point Associates, 2004
Reading First is a federal initiative authorized by the No Child Left Behind Act. The U.S. Department of Education provides Reading First grants to states, which, in turn, award subgrants to eligible school districts that submit approved proposals for how they will apply scientifically based reading research to improve reading instruction and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Reading Research, Remedial Reading, Federal Legislation