Lists more than 40 books that give information on the use and construction of reading games. (GT)

Outlines essential competencies which will help content area teachers effectively incorporate reading variables into instructional differentiation. (HOD)

Describes a method of motivating students to read by using the uninterrupted sustained silent reading method. (MKM)

Describes the use of a structured language experience approach and an imitative, or taped book, approach to teaching reading to children who were reading with difficulty. (MKM)

Offers teachers five suggestions for guiding classroom reading practice: (1) develop and maximize prior knowledge; (2) use familiar materials that are interesting and meaningful; (3) model fast, fluent reading; (4) accept all efforts; and (5) expect success of all students. Finds that teachers can facilitate reading as a meaning-making process or…

Highlights the types of inferences four students in grades 2-5 drew while constructing meaning from expository passages. Includes an analysis of their think alouds and recommendations for comprehension instruction. Explores what factors contribute to successful inferencing. Sheds new light on the range of strategies elementary grade students use…

Describes a procedure for providing children with multiple opportunities to recognize high frequency words in dependable musical contexts. Contends that music is a potential tool for helping build successful readers. (RS)

Provides guidelines for teaching reading in a multicultural framework. Discusses why, when, and how to use multicultural literature. Offers criteria for choosing good multicultural literature. (RS)

Provides suggestions to teachers planning to implement a whole language program, based on interviews with three whole language teachers. Focuses on support for the whole language program; decisions about curriculum and evaluation; development of vocabulary and comprehension; strengths and weaknesses of the whole language approach; and preparation…

Offers a rationale for making literature from diverse cultures an integral component of literacy instruction. Presents teachers with helpful resources they can use to learn about multicultural literature and how to weave it into the fabric of the curriculum. (RS)

Maintains that low achieving readers receive poorer quality instruction than their higher achieving peers. Suggests changes based on reading as an active process of constructing meaning from text. Provides examples of ways to foster collaboration and give students choices in reading and writing materials--activities that can result in improved…

Describes numerous ways cooperative or collaborative grouping can be implemented in classroom literacy instruction. Explains how the transition may be made to cooperative grouping. Shows how the process can be adopted to reading and writing instruction. (SR)

Asserts that school-based staff development is needed to help develop ideas to promote and motivate wide reading so that all students can reap the benefits of that practice. Contains several ideas for staff developers to use in helping schools plan how to encourage wide reading. (PRA)

Describes a technique for improving reading and communication skills through word games. (RB)