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Reading Fluency and the Novice Reader.
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Swanson, Beverly B. – Reading Horizons, 1990
Outlines the following teaching strategies to improve the reading fluency of beginning readers: paired reading, echo reading, mumble reading, chanting lists or stories, repeated and choral readings, memorization tasks, and phrase boundary marking. (MM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Reading Fluency, Reading Improvement
Basal Reading Instruction and E.S.L. Students.
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Gunderson, Lee – Reading Horizons, 1985
Notes that the number of English as a second language students enrolled in American schools is increasing and presents an integrated language lesson plan designed to meet their needs and match their abilities. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Bilingual Students, English (Second Language), Integrated Activities
Effects of Adding Folklore to Basal Reading Programs.
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Sallee, Ellen R.; Sethi, Renuka R. – Reading Horizons, 1984
Concludes that folklore can make a significant difference in reading achievement for primary grade students. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Folk Culture, Grade 2, Primary Education
Altering the Succession of Illiteracy in Families: A Tutoring/Home Intervention Model.
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Crawford, Ruth – Reading Horizons, 1995
Presents a case study of the effectiveness of a combination of a family literacy home intervention program with one-on-one intense tutoring for nonreading families. Notes that the family began to make positive changes in their reading environment, attitudes, and interactions which had a positive effect on their child's reading progress at school.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Family Environment, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
Early Language Learning with and without Music.
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Fisher, Douglas – Reading Horizons, 2001
Notes how 80 students who spoke Spanish at home were randomly assigned one of four teachers, two who used a great deal of music in their classrooms while the other two did not. Suggests that music had a positive effect on oral language and reading scores. (SG)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, English (Second Language), Grade 1, Kindergarten
Strategic Teaching and Strategic Learning in First-Grade Classrooms.
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Kinnucan-Welsch, Kathryn; Magill, Dodie; Dean, Marie – Reading Horizons, 1999
Describes Reading Express, a collaborative program bringing together first-grade teachers and Reading Recovery teachers to support all first-grade children in literacy development. Indicates that the program is having a positive impact on students' literacy development. Concludes that first-grade teachers are more strategic in their reading…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation
Help Them to Speak, Write, and Listen--They'll Be Better Readers.
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Lehnert, Linda Jean – Reading Horizons, 1981
Considers the role of oral language in reading and its implications for the primary grades teacher. Provides a number of activities that integrate reading, speaking, listening, and writing. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Integrated Activities, Learning Activities, Listening Skills
The Effects of an Early Intervention Program with Preservice Teachers as Tutors on the Reading Achievement of Primary Grade at Risk Children.
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Cobb, Jeanne B. – Reading Horizons, 2001
Describes a program in which preservice teachers served as tutors for at-risk first, second, and third graders in a tutorial model incorporating play and phonological awareness activities using puppets and comprehension strategy instruction using manipulatives. Finds that the program improved reading achievement for children at the first grade…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy
An Integrative Reading-Language Approach.
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Sanger, Dixie D. – Reading Horizons, 1986
Indicates that it is feasible to include selected expressive and receptive language activities (focusing on syntactic-semantic relationships) into reading instruction for primary grade students. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Beginning Reading, Grade 3, Integrated Activities