A variety of dynamic television related classroom activities involving reading, writing, and arithmetic skills encourage a broader use of thinking skills. Such activities support instructional goals set for students and promote television literacy. (CJ)

Suggests using children's classics to promote interest in reading and lists several favorites in the categories of adventure, humor and fantasy, stories of family life, and historical fiction and history. (MKM)

Describes how "book talks" may be used to stimulate children's reading, provides a sample book talk, and lists sample book talk themes and titles. (DD)

Suggests three teaching techniques for stimulating reading, journal writing, and student involvement in teaching. (MM)

Examines research of the past six years that deals with teaching literature to children. (Author)

Describes the techniques, including the use of a peer tutor and the language experience approach, that helped a 16-year-old nonreader learn to read. (MKM)

Describes a reading scheme involving classroom use of books the children chose themselves. (HOD)

Discusses the latest research findings and includes teaching strategies successful with aged readers. Exploration of appropriate reading materials and teaching strategies needs to be performed. Educational needs and interests of the elderly need to be identified so that reading programs offered actually are attended. (Author)

Suggests several questions which can lead adolescents to discover their own reading interests and needs. (MKM)

Explores character identification as a means of increasing motivation for reading. (MKM)

This article provides a summary of current research regarding literacy issues that boys face and offers practices and strategies that might help bridge the literacy gap for boys. The article began as a result of the author's son's struggles with literacy. By sharing Gabe's story, this teacher and researcher examines the issues he and other boys…

The processes of change in children's reading motivation have not been widely studied. We investigated whether situated interest for a specific book may lead to longer-term intrinsic motivation for general reading. Two schools with 120 grade 3 students filled out reading logs identifying their reasons for reading their favorite books twice. In…

It is very important and fun for the English teacher to take time simply to read to the students. (JH)

Presents examples from Ezra Jack Keat's "The Snowy Day" to illustrate how children's picture books can teach teachers what curriculum guides may not. (TO)