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Using Curriculum-Specific Progress Monitoring to Assess Head Start Children's Vocabulary Development
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Direct linkWasik, Barbara A.; Hindman, Annemarie H.; Jusczyk, Ann Marie – NHSA Dialog, 2009
Children's vocabulary development represents a critical foundation for their reading skills. This article describes a curriculum-based vocabulary progress monitoring tool that was used to track the development of Head Start children--and particularly those at highest risk for later reading difficulty--as they learned new words during the school…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Vocabulary Development, Curriculum Based Assessment, Early Intervention
Marcon, Rebecca A. – NHSA Dialog, 2009
This discussion article takes a closer look at 5 Early Reading First projects in this special issue. It first explores what needed to be in place before these projects could help teachers individualize instructional support for children. The way in which each project sought to provide effective instruction for all children is then discussed,…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Reading Instruction, Improvement Programs
Download full textLang, Diane E.; Gómez, Diane W.; Lasser, Suzanne M. – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2009
A parent training program pilot designed and implemented to develop early literacy skills of bilingual Hispanic pre-kindergarten students is described and analyzed through a case study approach. The program incorporated parent collaboration, bilingual literacy training and accessible literary themes to improve literacy prior to kindergarten.…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Hispanic Americans, Pilot Projects, Early Reading
Stevens, Robert J.; Van Meter, Peggy N.; Garner, Joanna; Warcholak, Nicholas; Bochna, Cindy; Hall, Tracey – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2008
The goal of this project was to develop and test the efficacy of a research-based early reading program that provided integrated reading instruction in kindergarten through 2nd grade. The Reading and Integrated Literacy Strategies (RAILS) program provided integrated instruction in word reading, vocabulary development, and comprehension to students…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Reading Programs, Emergent Literacy, Reading Strategies
Grierson, Arlene L.; Woloshyn, Vera E. – Ontario Action Researcher, 2005
Researchers and educators acknowledge that early reading instruction is of critical importance, with interventions and remedial programming most effective in the primary grades. Integral to this programming are educators' abilities to assess students' reading strengths and needs, with inconsistent and/or inaccurate practices ultimately threatening…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Early Reading, Action Research, Portfolio Assessment
Daly, Theresa Constans – Zero to Three, 2005
Early literacy experiences play an important role in later literacy skills and school achievement. Communities offer early literacy experiences in a variety of venues to meet the diverse needs of families. The author of this article provides four vignettes illustrating community-based early literacy activities: (1) private group classes such as…
Descriptors: Primary Health Care, Family Literacy, Emergent Literacy, Enrichment Activities
