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| Reading Teacher | 10 |
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| Journal Articles | 10 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 6 |
| Opinion Papers | 5 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 2 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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| Practitioners | 4 |
| Teachers | 3 |
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Peer reviewedSipe, Lawrence R. – Reading Teacher, 2001
Highlights the teacher's critical role in spelling instruction and provides examples of how to support spelling development in classrooms. Argues that educators need to look closely at children's emerging capacities as writers, focusing especially on the issue of invented spelling, and its use and misuse in classroom practices. (SG)
Descriptors: Invented Spelling, Primary Education, Reading Improvement, Spelling Instruction
Peer reviewedMelvin, Mary P. – Reading Teacher, 1986
Suggest that teachers start the school year,each school day, and each daily reading lesson with reading activities designed to motivate student interest in reading. Offers ideas for use at each of these times. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Reading Attitudes, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedDupart, Annie – Reading Teacher, 1985
Offers suggestions for use by parents and teachers to encourage children to read for pleasure. (FL)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Elementary Education, Parent Role, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedOgle, Donna M. – Reading Teacher, 1986
Describes a three-step process to help teachers honor what children bring to each reading situation and to model for children the importance of accessing appropriate knowledge sources before reading. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Models, Nonfiction, Prior Learning
Peer reviewedAllington, Richard L.; Broikou, Kathleen A. – Reading Teacher, 1988
Suggests that the lack of coherence between remedial programs and regular classrooms impedes the progress of students with reading difficulties. Provides an outline for an instructional program in which classroom and specialist teachers collaborate to provide the learner with coherent and balanced instruction. (ARH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedGitelman, Honre F.; Rasberry, Gayle Burgess – Reading Teacher, 1986
Describes a contest in which students competed for book prizes. (FL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Motivation Techniques, Parent Role
Peer reviewedHarms, Jeanne McLain; Lettow, Lucille J. – Reading Teacher, 1986
Notes that recent research shows the significance of ownership of the writing process and explains how teachers can help students own the reading experience as well. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Learning Processes, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedBerenson, Sheila K. – Reading Teacher, 1988
Describes a six-week program in which a teacher did not talk to her students but rather wrote all assignments and questions on the board. Concludes that the experiment improved student self-reliance and helped them to read and interpret instructions. (FL)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Elementary Education, Language Usage, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedLambie, Rosemary Anne; Brittain, Mary M. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Presents 13 common problems in reading instruction followed by suggested adaptations in materials, instruction, and assignments designed to address those problems. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedGaskins, Robert W. – Reading Teacher, 1988
Suggests, based on classroom observations, that teachers with a knowledge of reading research and the ability to organize instruction are better able to provide effective instruction for poor readers. Emphasizes the importance of increased time on reading tasks, direct instruction, and process writing activities. (ARH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Observation
