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Gillett, Erin; Ellingson, Susan Pierson – Reading Teacher, 2017
Effective teachers use assessment data to make instructional decisions. One of the most informative techniques to assess young learners' reading progress in the primary grades is the running record. Running records provide concrete evidence of students' skills, reading levels, strategies, and progress as readers. The data gathered help teachers…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
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Boggs, George L.; Wilson, Nance S.; Ackland, Robert T.; Danna, Stephen; Grant, Kathy B. – Reading Teacher, 2016
Five teacher educators discuss children's literature addressing Earth's changing climate. They present tools for evaluating the quality of resources likely to help teachers and students stimulate conceptual and emotional development rather than anxiety or oversimplification. An annotated selection of current books along with a checklist to…
Descriptors: Climate, Childrens Literature, Teacher Educators, Emotional Development
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Applegate, Mary DeKonty; Applegate, Anthony J.; Modla, Virginia B. – Reading Teacher, 2009
If reading fluency contributes to reading comprehension, then highly fluent readers should be expected to perform well in comprehension when reading materials are at their current grade level. The authors identified 171 elementary, middle, and secondary students who had been labeled by parents and teachers as strong readers and assessed as highly…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Materials, Reading Fluency, Critical Reading