This action research project was developed in order to increase student literacy, particularly in the area of reading, for students who were considered at-risk. The targeted student population was 2nd grade students who were served within a primary cross-categorical special education program. The classroom was housed in an elementary (K-2) school,…

Discusses classroom use of mini-reading conferences (lasting no more than two minutes) on such topics as changing the book a student is reading and following up on a particular skill assignment. (RS)

Dialectically different students can more easily be taught expository writing and reading skills if the teacher approaches the students' language and culture with a positive attitude, makes use of the students' cultural experiences, and selects reading materials with which students can relate to. (EH)

Discusses the relationship between reading and listening skills; cites five factors that can have a negative effect on this relationship. (MAI)

Discusses techniques for helping second language students develop strategies for dealing with unfamilar words and long sentences in second language texts. (EKN)

Describes how to select functional materials and techniques for teaching reading survival skills. (DD)

Provides strategies for teaching literature, focusing on motivating activities, literature terminology, evaluative techniques, and independent work. Presents detailed activities designed to help children cope with problems and thus promote mental health. (RS)

Offers 10 strategies to enhance reading skills through wildlife reference books and other literature. Lists 10 nonfiction and 33 fiction references as resources for initiating a positive relationship among children, wildlife, and reading. (MG)

A discussion of how a Briton's educational level, social class, sex and age all go to determine the degree of linguistic difficulty he finds acceptable in reading matter; and how these determinants of acceptability relate to readability as measured by word and sentence lengths. (Author)

Understanding the involvement of reading skills with the development of musicianship may help to differentiate between the pupil who really has no musical talent and the one who is merely defeated by a lack of competence in the required reading skills. (Author/JB)

Recommends a return to the solo interpretive reading performance as a base for teaching oral interpretation principles and explains how to plan and organize such a performance. (SW)

Reviewed are a selection of 13 workbook sets, kits, and games for teaching specific reading skills at various grade levels, 1 through 12. Each product evaluation describes publisher, cost, grade and reading levels, content emphasis, methodology, organization, and evaluator's recommendations. (SJL)

The administrator's role in establishing a sound junior college reading program is discussed. He is warned against the unthoughtful adoption of reading innovations, the hiring of unqualified teachers, and an inadequate supply of reading materials. Effective inservice training programs, a concerned reading committee, and adequate library facilities…

Teachers can share the wealth of literature through the art of storytelling.