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Associations among Preschool Children's Classroom Literacy Environment, Interest and Engagement in Literacy Activities, and Early Reading Skills
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Baroody, Alison E.; Diamond, Karen E. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2016
This study examines the relations among the classroom literacy environment, children's interest and engagement in literacy activities, and children's early reading skills in a sample of 167 children aged 4 and 5 years enrolled in 31 Head Start classrooms. Researchers rated the classroom literacy environment. Teachers reported on children's…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Curiosity Corner. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2009
"Curiosity Corner" is an early childhood curriculum emphasizing children's language and literacy skills. It comprises two sets of 38 weekly thematic units--one for three-year-olds and one for four-year-olds. Program staff conduct daily lessons using sequential daily activities. One study of "Curiosity Corner" meets the What…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Intervention, Educational Research, Early Reading
Promoting Early Reading: Research, Resources, and Best Practices
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McKenna, Michael C., Ed.; Walpole, Sharon, Ed.; Conradi, Kristin, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2010
Bringing together leading scholars, this book describes proven ways to enhance early literacy skills in 3- and 4-year-olds, especially those from low-income families. Presented are scientifically based methods and approaches that are being applied in Early Reading First programs around the country. Important topics include promoting oral language…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Aloud to Others, Early Reading
Contextual Effects on Predicting Risk for Reading Difficulties in First and Second Grade
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Foorman, Barbara R.; York, Mary; Santi, Kristi L.; Francis, David – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2008
This study utilized early reading assessment data from a randomized trial of 210 urban and rural schools in Texas to examine contextual effects on risk prediction in first and second grade. The primary objective was to examine the roles of (a) individual differences, (b) the grade 1 classroom, and (c) the pairing of first and second grade teachers…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Reading Difficulties, Rural Schools, Mentors
A Comparison of the Reading Performance of Early and Non-Early Readers from Grade One Through Grade Three.
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Morrison, Coleman; And Others – 1968
Among the CRAFT project total population of 1,378 disadvantaged urban children, 58, or 4 percent, were identified at the beginning of first grade as early readers on the basis of their ability to identify words in print. All children in the study were taught to read by either the Skills Centered or the Language Experience Approach. Achievement…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Developmental Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Reading
Evaluation of the Waterford Early Reading Program in Kindergarten, 2005-06
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Powers, Stephen; Price-Johnson, Connie – Online Submission, 2006
Background: The Waterford Early Reading Program (WERP), a technology-based program for early elementary grades, was provided through Arizona all day kindergarten funds to kindergarten students in 15 Title I elementary schools in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) in the 2005-06 school year. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests