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Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. – 1977
This report is an educational guide for parents of young children with reading problems. It explains the prereading skills, such as sitting quietly, paying attention, and listening, that must be mastered before a child can learn to read and then describes nine approaches used by public schools for teaching reading. The report offers practical ways…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Parent Participation, Parent Student Relationship
Download full textOllila, Lloyd O., Ed. – 1977
This book is written for kindergarten teachers who are interested in acquainting children with reading, in developing skills in preparation for formal reading, and in guiding those who already can read or who wish to learn to read. Five chapters give the teacher a general structure and specific suggestions for helping children with reading:…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Individualized Instruction
Black, Bob Gene – 1971
This study investigated the predictive value of certain tests in relationship to first grade reading success. The Metropolitan Readiness Test, Naming Letters Test, Light Response Test, and Matching Symbol Test were administered to 70 first grade students during the first two weeks of school. The Teacher's Reading Readiness Rating Scale was filled…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Letters (Alphabet), Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
Cohen, S. Alan – 1969
This book is a study of the perceptual dysfunctions prevalent in disadvantaged children together with materials and methods helpful in remediation of reading problems. New perspectives are considered provided the educator, due to the redefinition of such terms as "reading" and "intelligence," the distinction of "learning readiness" from "reading…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Learning Readiness, Models
PDF pending restorationBerridge, Wayne E., Comp.; Siedow, Mary D., Comp. – 1971
The Guide to Materials for Reading Instruction, 1971 Edition, updates earlier editions and includes approximately 2,300 entries of materials from 114 publishers. The guide is intended to keep educators informed about the constantly increasing supply of new materials available for the teaching of reading. Items appearing in the guide are described…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Audiovisual Aids, College Students, Elementary Education
Reddin, Estoy – 1974
This document discusses the role of parents and the role of the community at large in the reading development and improvement of children. One way parents can assist in reading improvement is by surrounding their children with language from their earliest years. Nancy Larrick, in her "Parent's Guide to Children's Reading," suggests that parents…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
Gray, William S.; Guthrie, John T., Ed. – 1984
A reprint of a classic review of research and research tends on reading that originally appeared in 1941 as the article "Reading" in the "Encyclopedia of Educational Research," this monograph sets forth the views of William S. Gray, an eminent reading educator and theorist. The 11 sections of the review discuss the following topics: (1) the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Philosophy, Reading, Reading Achievement
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1976
The theme of this conference defined reading as the process of creating meaning for all sensed stimuli; reading is a broad form of behavior, not limited to interacting with the written forms of human language. With this definition as a foundation, the articles in this bicentennial report develop a phrase taken from one of Thomas Jefferson's…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Conference Reports, Elementary Secondary Education
LASHINGER, DONALD R.; SHELDON, WILLIAM D. – 1966
THIS STUDY EVALUATED THE EFFECTS OF A BASAL READER PROGRAM, A MODIFIED LINGUISTIC APPROACH, AND A LINGUISTIC READER PROGRAM AS MEASURED BY THE READING ACHIEVEMENT OF 469 CHILDREN IN 21 CLASSES AT THE END OF FIRST GRADE. ACHIEVEMENT COMPARIONS WERE ALSO MADE ON THE BASES OF (1) SEX, (2) INTELLIGENCE, AND (3) RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN READING READINESS…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis
Strang, Ruth – 1968
A volume of "The Dimensions in Early Learning Series," this monograph explores beginning reading. The introduction defines reading, and chapters I and II review reading development and discuss theory and hierarchy of reading development. How to evaluate reading achievement, ways to teach reading, and what parents can do to help are subjects…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Instructional Materials
Smith, Mildred B. – The Teachers College Journal, 1965
A school program for disadvantaged youngsters should be like that in any good elementary school but with added compensatory features. Such innovations include reduced class size, a stabilized experienced staff, special services and resources, and a parent education program. Evaluation procedures should be continuous and instructionally oriented,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Class Size, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
Stieglitz, Ezra L.; Rude, Robert T. – 1975
This course guide provides a survey of reading instruction and a description of the skills necessary for teaching reading in the elementary classroom. The purpose of the course is to help the student develop into a competent teacher of reading at the elementary school level through a competency-based approach to teacher education. Each…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Competency Based Teacher Education, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education
DeRenzis, Joseph J. – 1970
A program, Individualized Prescribed Instruction (IPI), designed to permit the individualization of elementary reading is described. The program is divided into four stages: prereading, decoding, transition, and skills development and application. The reading curriculum has been developed by sequencing the specific reading skills that need to be…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Curriculum Development, Developmental Reading, Elementary School Curriculum
May, Frank B. – 1973
This book is designed for both preservice and inservice teachers of reading. The contents are divided into nine modules: (1) "Making Your Plans for Reading Instruction," (2) "Helping Children Develop Skill in Phonic Analysis," (3) "Using Principles of Learning to Teach Reading Effectively," (4) "Helping Children Develop Other Word Recognition…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education
Peer reviewedStrickland, Dorothy S.; Morrow, Lesley Mandel – Reading Teacher, 1990
Offers several suggestions for activities to be used with Big Books, including: tracking print, thinking along, cloze activities, and examining text features. (MG)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education
