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Peer reviewedSchon, Isabel – Young Children, 2001
Reviews 15 children's books in Spanish. Titles reviewed include: "Perro y gato [Dog and Cat]" (Ricardo Alcantara); "Baldomero va a la escuela [Baldomero goes to School]" (Alain Broutin); "Duerme bien, pequeno oso [Sleep well, Little Bear]" (Quint Buchholz); "El mas bonito de todos los regales del mundo [The Most Beautiful Gift in the World]…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Language Books
Download full textKettlewell, Gail B. – 1983
College students can read, but they often lack the prereading and postreading skills needed to help them think about and respond to what they read. A three-step plan can help students read and understand the text more fully. The first step entails using measures of fitness to determine: (1) the grade level of the text being considered and how it…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Goodness of Fit, Higher Education, Readability Formulas
Gunderson, Doris V., Comp. – 1970
A collection of articles on language and reading drawn from a wide variety of disciplines is presented. Reading research and reading problems and the state of the art of reading instruction in 1967 are also covered. Contents include the following: "On Explaining Language" by E. H. Lenneberg; "The Nature of the Reading Process" by J. B. Carroll;…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Games, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Wheeler, Doris; Henderson, Hannah Dale – 1976
The program outlined in this guide was developed on the theory that an important factor in determining a child's success in reading is an enriched background of prereading educational experiences (in the areas of language, motor skills, auditory and visual perception, and self-image) which can be directed at home by parents. In this program, the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Home Instruction, Parent Participation, Parent Role
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1971
The fourteen Title II reading projects described in this report use resources ranging from reading readiness materials for first- and second-grade pupils identified as potential reading failures, to nineteenth century newspapers on microfilm in secondary social studies. General descriptions of techniques for using the materials in the reading…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Models
Hughes, John M. – 1972
Suggestions for various activities, games, and materials for teaching phonics are presented in this handbook for teachers and teachers in training. The chapters and materials covered include: (1) "Why Phonics," which presents the rationale for teaching phonics; (2) "A Suggested Order for Teaching Phonics," which discusses the order of difficulty…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Phonics
Marko, Kathleen Barrett – 1972
The effectiveness of prephonic training between kindergarten and first grade levels as a tool for acquiring reading skills was explored throughout the public school system in the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts. A sample population of 260 kindergartners was identified as having potential learning difficulties by the results shown on the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Kindergarten, Phonics
Peer reviewedDixon, Barbara – Reading, 1984
Relates the belief that "shared reading" using big books will provide children with a meaningful introductin to reading. (DF)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Learning Readiness, Parent Role
LaConte, Christine – Elem Engl, 1970
Based in part on the author's doctoral study, Rutgers University, 1968. (RD)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Reading Instruction
Reading Newsreport, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Beginning Reading, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Education
Tate, Annah – Australian Journal of Reading, 1983
Cites articles and research suggesting that the ability to learn to read is inherent within any normal child and recommends that teachers use strategies and materials relevant to the child rather than a prestructured reading program. (MM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Individualized Reading, Language Experience Approach
Chant, Sally A.; And Others – 1979
A child progresses from listening to speaking, to developing vocabulary and word recognition skills, to reading the printed page. After a child develops language, vocabulary enrichment should be provided in a functional, meaningful, and real manner. Putting words in syntactical structure, hanging them around the room as labels, or mounting them on…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Motivation Techniques
Brown, Margaret E. – 1977
Beginning reading instruction is a challenge that teachers can meet successfully by using imagination, working hard, displaying enthusiasm, and expressing genuine concern for the young children that they teach. This paper offers guidelines for beginning reading teachers who base their programs on traditional basal readers. The guidelines are…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Basic Vocabulary, Beginning Reading
Levy, Kay E.; And Others – 1980
The final report documents goals and achievements of Project CUE, a 3 year project to assist teachers of language impaired children to adapt regular reading readiness curricula to the students' needs. Objectives are listed, including conducting a needs assessment, selecting a basal reading series, and disseminating information on the project, and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Content Analysis, Curriculum Development
Karlin, Robert – 1971
Subject-area teachers are not expected to be reading experts, but they can help students overcome reading difficulties. Students often fail to meet the subject-matter demands due to lack of purpose in reading content, unfamiliarity with technical vocabulary, and the heavy concept load and idea density in the material. Teachers can use reading…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Developmental Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction
