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Direct linkSerafini, Frank; Blasingame, James – Reading Teacher, 2012
This article uses Dresang's dimensions of radical change to call attention to the evolving structures and features of novels for young readers being published today. The controversial topics and elaborate design features contained in contemporary novels, for example, the expansion of dystopic fiction, the disruption of traditional narrative…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Novels, Language Arts, Fiction
Dalton, Bridget; Grisham, Dana L. – Reading Teacher, 2011
Vocabulary knowledge is key to comprehension and expression. For students in the intermediate grades, the need for breadth and depth of vocabulary accelerates as they encounter more challenging academic texts in print and on the Internet. Drawing on research-based principles of vocabulary instruction and multimedia learning, this article presents…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Learning Strategies, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedSpear, Susan – Reading Teacher, 1993
Presents a set of criteria (formulated by students) for evaluating student projects. Notes that the method is called "FINE" (Facts, Interesting, Neatness, Effort). (SR)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Intermediate Grades, Student Evaluation
Peer reviewedReddin, Estoy – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedRandall, Alice Fracker – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Parent Attitudes, Parent Conferences, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedCriscuolo, Nicholas P. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Creative Activities, Elementary Education, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedWorthy, Jo – Reading Teacher, 2001
Points out the many different kinds of texts people read and write, and how literacy is used for a wide variety of purposes. Argues that teachers should make available for students different kinds of texts in addition to the more conventional ones seen in classrooms, and offers a list of such materials. (SR)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades, Literacy, Reading Material Selection
Peer reviewedNaiden, Norma – Reading Teacher, 1976
Concludes that the ratio of boys to girls experiencing reading disability problems in the Seattle Public Schools is three to two. (RB)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedDore-Boyce, Kathleen; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1975
Compares four reading formulas to determine how well each of them predicts success among a population of 733 fourth and fifth grade students. (RB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade Prediction, Intermediate Grades, Predictive Measurement
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1978
Presents a dialogue between a student and an examiner that demonstrates the difficulty of diagnosing a comprehension problem. (MKM)
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Diagnosis
Peer reviewedSwisher, Karen – Reading Teacher, 1984
Offers practical activities that make spelling drill more interesting and more applicable to vocabulary development. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts, Spelling Instruction
Peer reviewedPieronek, Florence T. – Reading Teacher, 1980
Reports on an examination of intermediate level basal readers in eight series, concluding that they reflect reasonably well the interests of intermediate children. (DD)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Intermediate Grades, Reading Interests, Reading Research
Peer reviewedHancock, Marjorie R. – Reading Teacher, 1993
Provides information on how teachers can contribute additional encouragement, direction, and guidance for exploring and expanding intermediate-grade students' personal response to literature. Describes eight response options and offers guidelines. (PRA)
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Journal Writing, Reader Response, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedOldfather, Penny – Reading Teacher, 1993
Describes insights about students' motivation for literacy learning based on a student-researcher collaborative inquiry in a fifth- and sixth-grade whole-language classroom. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Literacy
Peer reviewedNelson, Cynthia Stearns – Reading Teacher, 1994
Describes an interdisciplinary instructional approach that links historical content and literature to develop historical literacy in fifth-grade students, fostering understanding and encouraging interpretation of stories told through the voices of the past. (SR)
Descriptors: Grade 5, History Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades
