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Word Study for Literacy Leaders: Guiding Professional Learning
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Anne C. Ittner Ed.; Amy Frederick Ed.; Darl Kiernan Ed.; Donald R. Bear Ed. – Guilford Press, 2023
Written and edited by experts in the field, this book provides a blueprint for weaving effective word study into the fabric of classrooms and schools. Provided are principles, ideas, materials, and activities for use with teachers in a range of professional learning contexts. Key topics include word study foundations and orthographic knowledge;…
Descriptors: Word Study Skills, Faculty Development, Orthographic Symbols, Coaching (Performance)
Voices on Word Matters: Learning about Phonics and Spelling in the Literacy Classroom.
Fountas, Irene C., Ed.; Pinnell, Gay Su, Ed. – 1999
Extending the editors' system for word study, this book presents essays by scholars and practitioners who explore letter and word learning in a variety of reading, writing, and language contexts in the primary classroom, with articles that range from detailed observations of individual readers and writers to full-scale analyses of classroom…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Evaluation Methods, Phonics, Primary Education
Teachers EXPRESS.
Instructor, 1982
Twenty-three classroom projects are suggested, involving use of: (1) poetry and other language arts skills; (2) basketball terminology; (3) Thanksgiving themes; (4) history and geography; and (5) bulletin board ideas. (PP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Bulletin Boards, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction
Whole to Part Phonics: How Children Learn To Read and Spell.
Dombey, Henrietta; Moustafa, Margaret – 1998
Intended for teachers in primary education, this book draws together the most helpful contemporary thinking and research evidence about the learning and teaching of reading, especially in relation to graphophonics, and shows how these findings can be translated into effective classroom practices. The book summarizes evidence on how children learn…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Context Clues, Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement
Teaching Word Recognition, Spelling, and Vocabulary: Strategies from "The Reading Teacher."
Rasinski, Timothy V., Ed.; Padak, Nancy D., Ed.; Church, Brenda Weible, Ed.; Fawcett, Gay, Ed.; Hendershot, Judith, Ed.; Henry, Justina M., Ed.; Moss, Barbara G., Ed.; Peck, Jacqueline K., Ed.; Pryor, Elizabeth, Ed.; Roskos, Kathleen A., Ed. – 2000
This book, one of four in the Teaching Reading Collection, presents the "best of the best" classroom-tested ideas, approaches, and practical applications for helping students learn about words. The articles have been drawn from the journal "The Reading Teacher" from 1993-1999. The ideas and strategies are intended to provide possible building…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts
Vocabulary Expansion Improves Reading and Learning. Learning Package No. 30.
Simic, Marge, Comp.; Smith, Carl, Ed. – 1990
Originally developed as part of a project for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on the role of vocabulary in reading and learning is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes an overview of the project; a comprehensive search of the ERIC…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Winona State University Graduate Education Learning Community, Rochester, Minnesota 2005-2006. Anthology of K-12 Action Research Papers. [Volume 3]
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Online Submission, 2005
These papers are partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science Degree in Education at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. The cohort included a variety of licensure areas that represent most levels and content areas of K-12 education. The students were encouraged to keep their questions and hypothesis directed at…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Research Papers (Students), Elementary Secondary Education, Anthologies