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Direct linkBlevins, Wiley – International Literacy Association, 2019
There are 26 letters in the English language. These letters, in various combinations, represent the 44 sounds in the language. Teaching students the basic letter-sound combinations gives them access to sounding out approximately 84% of the words in English print. There needs to be equal amounts of time need to be spent on teaching the meanings of…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Phonics, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Morris, Darrell; Trathen, Woodrow; Perney, Jan; Gill, Tom; Schlagal, Robert; Ward, Devery; Frye, Elizabeth – Reading Psychology, 2018
Grounded in the simple view of reading, this study tracked the development of print-processing skill in high-, average-, and low-achieving readers at six time points across grades 1-3. Results showed large between-group differences in sight vocabulary, oral reading accuracy, and oral reading rate that remained stable from beginning of first grade…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Download full textPalmberg, Greta; Rask, Kendra – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2014
Looking back on a course they had designed, the authors recognized that the catalyst to success was the commitment to incorporating five course components: (1) substantial instructional minutes; (2) authentic academic reading material; (3) various instructional groupings; (4) instruction on vocabulary; and (5) background knowledge, and modeling of…
Descriptors: Reading Readiness, Teacher Expectations of Students, Curriculum Design, Time Factors (Learning)
Gunderson, Doris V. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1964
"Readiness for reading" is a phrase familiar to anyone interested in the teaching of reading. Readiness is an essential factor in any phase of learning. If the individual is to learn, some foundation for that learning must be established. Relatively few articles concerning the place of readiness in areas other than reading appear in educational…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Beginning Reading, Reading Readiness, Reading Readiness Tests
Peer reviewedSippola, Arne E. – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reviews literature on different aspects of reading readiness, then presents a reading readiness material analysis inventory constructed according to the findings of the review. Explains how the instrument can be used by educators to compare readiness program materials. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Learning Processes, Learning Readiness, Primary Education
HILLERICH, ROBERT L. – 1966
THE RESULTS OF 17 STUDIES ON READING READINESS ARE SUMMARIZED AND INTERPRETED. ALL BUT ONE OF THE STUDIES WERE COMPLETED SINCE 1957. READING READINESS IS DEFINED, AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND CURRENT THEORY ARE DISCUSSED. STUDIES OF FORMAL READING READINESS INSTRUCTION IN KINDERGARTEN ARE DESCRIBED. CONCLUSIONS ABOUT KINDS OF…
Descriptors: Age, Child Development, Educational Theories, Kindergarten
Pester, Eleanor J. – DVH Quarterly, 1985
Materials are suggested for facilitating braille reading readiness of blind children. Four critical areas are addressed and materials offered for each: auditory discrimination, tactual discrimination, language development, and concept development. (CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Elementary Education, Reading Materials
Peer reviewedParadis, Edward E. – Journal of Educational Research, 1974
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Reading Programs, Reading Readiness, Visual Discrimination
Ohanian, Susan – Learning, 1985
Many children act like readers by parroting phrases from favorite stories and poems. Acting like a reader is a step toward becoming a reader. Classic pattern stories teach children that words are for using, for playing with, and for giving pleasure. A list of recommended stories is presented. (MT)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Primary Education, Readability, Reading Materials
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Public Schools. – 1977
This packet is designed for use by persons conducting staff-development workshops on reading readiness and beginning reading. Organized according to an "interrelatedness concept of readiness," the materials cover six interdependent factors: physical, perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, psychological, and experimental/environmental. The…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Educational Objectives, Language Arts
Dykstra, Robert – 1968
During the first year of the program, 27 individual projects enrolling approximately 20,000 first-grade pupils were involved. Fifteen of these projects participated in a second-grade followup study. Some conclusions based on an analysis of data are (1) that prereading knowledge of letter names is the best single predictor of reading achievement in…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Kinesthetic Methods
Peer reviewedGiordano, Gerard; D'Alonzo, Bruno J. – Adult Learning, 1993
Reviews six models of prereading programs for developmentally delayed adults: readinglike behavior, picture reading, global features of books, print in the environment, labeling, and rebus symbols. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Literacy Education, Models
BOND, GUY L.; DYKSTRA, ROBERT – 1967
DATA RELEVANT TO THE FOLLOWING THREE QUESTIONS WERE DRAWN FROM 27 INDIVIDUAL STUDIES COMPRISING THE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM IN FIRST-GRADE READING INSTRUCTION--(1) TO WHAT EXTENT ARE VARIOUS PUPIL, TEACHER, CLASS, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO ACHIEVEMENT IN FIRST-GRADE READING AND SPELLING, (2) WHICH APPROACH TO INITIAL…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials
Heatherly, Anna L. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between performance on Piagetian conservation tasks and the ability to form hypotheses as to the probable content of story material among first and second grade children. Cognitive operations selected for comparison were operations concerning conservation of mass, conservation of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Hypothesis Testing, Reading, Reading Comprehension
Dunn, Rita; Blake, Brett Elizabeth – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2008
This book provides educators, parents and caretakers with a variety of instructional strategies for engaging K-8 students. These approaches are designed to enable all students to read easily and enjoyably by utilizing different styles and approaches. The techniques are not generally found in conventional classrooms, but are specifically targeted…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Young Children, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
