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| Sheard, Bart V. | 1 |
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Sheard, Bart V. – Teacher, 1973
Successful readers are the result of this confidence-building technique. (Editor)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Oral Reading, Reading, Reading Improvement
Hardin, William J. – Teacher, 1973
Describes method which emphasizes reading for pleasure rather than report writing, and which successfully motivates students. (SP)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Elective Reading, Motivation Techniques, Reading Habits
Hardin, Bill; And Others – Teacher, 1980
Twelve practical ways of inundating the nonreader or reluctant reader with words are presented. The author, a reading specialist, believes that learning to read probably involves 90% attitude and 10% skill, and that these vocabulary development ideas will improve both attitude and skill. (KC)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Reading Improvement, Student Motivation
Dovey, Irma – Teacher, 1974
Teacher uses a context clue approach to help early readers and struggling readers to master difficult words. (GB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Teachers, Lesson Plans
King, Rachelle R. – Teacher, 1977
Afraid-to-make-a-peep students gain confidence and practice pronunciation with simple sound blend and word activities. (Editor)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Oral Reading
Naumann, Nancy – Teacher, 1978
A teacher, who inherited a classroom with a piano, describes the benefits that class sing-a-longs brought to her third-graders. A bibliography of the class's favorite songbooks is appended. (SJL)
Descriptors: Choral Music, Class Activities, Educational Benefits, Grade 3
Quinn, Cathy – Teacher, 1979
Described is a teaching technique designed to eliminate word-by-word reading: the teacher listens to a child read, notes the phrases which are causing difficulty, and writes these phrases on a card so the child can practice them for a few minutes each day. (KC)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Oral Reading, Phrase Structure, Reading Difficulty
