This guide reflects the definition of reading as a complex intellectual act involving a variety of behaviors to decode and comprehend printed symbols and is intended to help the teacher be aware of all the skills within each dimension of the reading act. The reading skills are described in terms of learner behavior and a criterion reference is…

This handbook includes materials developed by faculty members of George W. Wingate High School in a program to improve reading skills in subject area classes. These materials include lesson plans and various kinds of worksheets. Although the lessons involve many content areas, they are divided into these reading skill subject areas; vocabulary…

Activities in this teacher's guide for unit one of a Spanish Language Arts curriculum for first graders are grouped into structured reading and listening (related comprehension and interpretation skills for each), and oral language development and language-experience reading. Three small picture books for students (brief Spanish…

Recognizing that behavioral objectives do not constitute a reading program but rather are instruments by which teachers may continually evaluate students' progress, determine their instructional needs, develop programs to meet those needs, and assess the results of those programs, this manual provides suggested behavioral objectives for four major…

The models of small-group lessons provided in this booklet were developed by the New York City Board of Education, under the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I, to act as guides from which the teacher can generate materials on reading comprehension. Chapters deal with the instruction of such comprehension skills as utilizing…

Written by a group of English teachers in elementary and secondary independent schools, this second volume of the English notebook is divided into three sections: "Evaluations of Compositions Written in Class,""Tests on Comprehension of Prose," and "Tests on Comprehension of Poetry." Focusing on grades five through nine, these tests and…

One of a series prepared by the Hawaii Newspaper Agency, this teaching guide offers suggestions on using the newspaper to teach the disadvantaged child communication and reading skills. The objectives are to acquaint students with the format and contents of the newspaper; to improve vocabulary and comprehension; to encourage students to write…

The aim of this handbook is to show the teacher ways of implementing and supplementing existing materials. The suggested teaching procedures may be used in classes of varying sizes and levels, and with any method. Although the emphasis is on teacher-made materials, many of the techniques suggested may be implemented with commercial programs,…

The Silent Way is a philosophy of foreign language teaching which emphasizes the importance of allowing learners to use their natural learning resources. This volume provides practical guidelines in connection with the following chapters: (1) "Freeing the Students"; (2) "The Most Basic Component"; (3) "The Next Step";…

This publication is one of a series designed to inform and assist those responsible for foreign language instruction, including teachers, administrators, supervisors, and those engaged in teacher education. The complete series serves as a curriculum guide. The format of the series is such that it can be revised so as to keep materials current.…

This series of 20 Spanish lesson plans is based on the audio motor unit, which is a strategy designed to develop listening comprehension and cultural understanding by means of the interplay of auditory, visual, and motor skills. A set of taped oral commands are first acted out by the teacher and then by the students. The units are meant to be used…

The instructor's manual accompanying the student text "FSI Portuguese Programmatic Course" has two functions: it offers the teacher suggestions as to how to use the student text, and it provides a guide to the recorded portions of the student text. The guide contains a script for all of the Portuguese that has been recorded and does not already…

This course guide provides a survey of reading instruction and a description of the skills necessary for teaching reading in the elementary classroom. The purpose of the course is to help the student develop into a competent teacher of reading at the elementary school level through a competency-based approach to teacher education. Each…

This booklet offers practical, easy-to-read suggestions for teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents to help them understand intellectual development and intellectual disabilities. The first section highlights some of the factors involved in intellectual development and the importance of being sensitive to different stages of learning. The second…

The purpose of this guide, developed by a committee of Logan County Elementary reading teachers, is to provide reference materials for the classroom teacher concerning reading lessons in several areas. Contents include sections on kindergarten, listening, phonics, vocabulary, oral reading, comprehension, following written directions, rate of…