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Peer reviewedPolder, Darlene D. – Reading Teacher, 2000
Describes 10 "literacy day" activities that one California elementary school has used successfully schoolwide, typically one such day per month, to make reading fun and purposeful, while developing a sense of community. Includes: spread-a-quilt day; teacher exchange day; turn off the TV; Dr. Seuss day; community readers; schoolwide…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Literacy, Reading Attitudes, Reading Improvement
PARKER, CECIL J.; THATCHER, DAVID A. – 1965
BASAL READING (BR) AND INDIVIDUALIZED READING (IR) METHODS OF TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN TO READ WERE COMPARED TO DETERMINE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO SKILL IN CREATIVITY AND PROBLEM-SOLVING. TEACHERS (N 29) WERE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY. FIFTEEN TEACHERS WERE DIVIDED INTO A RANDOMLY ASSIGNED (RA) GROUP AND A TEACHER PREFERENCE…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Comparative Analysis, Creativity, Elementary Education
Download full textMoustafa, Margaret; Land, Robert – 2001
This study compares average SAT 9 reading scores of second through fifth grade English-only children in schools using "Open Court" (a program for teaching young children to read) with the scores of comparable schools using non-scripted programs in one very large urban school district in California. Findings show that schools using…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Low Income, Program Effectiveness
Markham, Reed – 1994
It is important for parents to teach their children to associate learning with sweetness, enjoyment, and pleasure. Suggestions to help parents make reading to their children a special time are: (1) make reading a "snuggle time"; (2) visit the library once a week; (3) develop a regular reading time with children; (4) select appropriate…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Library Role, Parent Child Relationship, Reading Aloud to Others
