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Venezky, Dick, Ed.; And Others – 1995
Developed by national reading experts for "reading partners" to use with children, ages birth to grade 6, this Spanish-language booklet presents activities that help very young children to get ready for reading and writing, and guide older children to expand their reading and writing interests and skills. The booklet has three sections,…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Early Childhood Education, Intergenerational Programs, Intermediate Grades
Walsh, Cynthia – 1995
One of the most common worries children's parents have is how well their children are learning to read. Introducing children to the joys of reading depends not only on the teachers, but on the parents. The most effective way parents can teach children how to read and to love reading is to read to them and, later, with them. Jim Trelease, author of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Experience, Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy
Trevino, Rose; Trevino, Pete – 1996
This manual of activities and reproducible drawings and worksheets is designed to encourage reading and to accompany a reading club program. Each chapter is centered around an Olympic sport. As each chapter begins, a bulletin board idea and nametag pattern are provided. This is followed by several storytime ideas for toddlers and preschoolers,…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities, Learning Activities
Fifield, Carol – Storytelling World, 1996
A high school library media specialist uses storytelling regularly in her oral presentations for students. For an audience of adolescents, stories need to be selected carefully and edited to keep the action moving. Music and character voices are effective in capturing and holding teenagers' attention. Storytelling is a tool for curriculum…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Curriculum Enrichment, High School Students, High Schools
Ontell, Val – 1997
Tools for teaching students how to question intelligently are badly needed. Science fiction provides many such tools in a variety of subjects by stimulating the imagination and thus motivating students to learn. Such vehicles are available at all grade levels. From Mark Twain and H.G. Wells to Anne McCaffrey and Isaac Asimov, novels and short…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Films
Coffey, Rosemary K.; Howard, Elizabeth F. – 1997
Intended for use with grades 5-12, this book offers 201 titles of carefully selected novels as an antidote to students' laments about history being boring--good historical fiction that animates the data found in textbooks. The book is an expanded and updated edition of an earlier publication and includes 86 new titles, as well as 40 titles…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Enrichment, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Caldwell, JoAnne Schudt – 2002
This primer provides the basic information that teachers and tutors need to get started on the complex process of reading assessment. Designed for maximum utility in today's standards-driven classroom, the primer presents simple, practical assessment strategies that are based on theory and research. It takes teachers step by step through learning…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Performance Based Assessment, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency
Stover, Lois T., Ed.; Zenker, Stephanie F., Ed. – 1997
Designed to help teachers, students, and parents identify engaging and insightful books for young adults, this book presents annotations of over 1,400 books published between 1994 and 1996. The book begins with a foreword by young adult author, Chris Crutcher, a former reluctant high school reader, that discusses what books have meant to him.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Fiction
Clark, Angela W.; McDonnell, Karen L. – 2001
This study describes a program designed to increase reading practice at home and at school. The targeted population consisted of elementary students from separate river communities located in the Midwest. Evidence for the existence of the problem included teacher observation of apathy to reading practice, student attitude surveys to gauge…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Education, Family Environment, Family Involvement
Behm, Mary; Behm, Richard – 2000
Based on the idea that parents are the first and most important teachers of their children's literacy, this booklet offers 101 practical and fun-to-do activities that children and parents can do together. The activities in the booklet are organized to fit the way parents tend to think about their time with their children: in the nursery; at…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment, Learning Activities
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Conlon, Alice – Catholic Library World, 1995
Presents tips for school librarians to encourage reading based on Stephen Krashen's analysis in "The Power of Reading" of more than 200 research studies, articles, and books on reading and literacy. Highlights include the effects of reading on student achievement; recreational reading; and reading aloud. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Library Role, Reading Aloud to Others
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Edwards, Patricia A.; Pleasants, Heather M. – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Argues that it has not been fashionable to value literacy stories from parents as a source of knowledge for interpreting the home literacy environment. Compares teacher descriptions of several at-risk children to their parents' literacy stories. Concludes that understanding multiple home literacy environments can help teachers think critically…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Family Involvement, High Risk Students, Interpersonal Relationship
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Miles, Betty – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1995
Discusses the importance of parents' helping children to read from birth and notes the most crucial and enjoyable way is reading aloud to children. Presents six basic skills that parents can help new readers to use: getting help from pictures; remembering; sounding out the letters; expecting what comes next; writing; and making sense of content.…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Content Analysis, Individual Needs, Memory
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Mackey, Margaret; Johnston, Ingrid – School Libraries Worldwide, 1996
Explores reasons why teenage students who know how to read choose not to do so, and emphasizes the importance of reading as an enjoyable and valuable pastime. Discusses aspects of reading that reluctant readers may not know and lists 25 titles that may appeal to such students. Provides teachers and librarians with suggestions for helping reluctant…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Educational Principles, Librarians
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Broaddus, Karen; Ivey, Gay – Middle School Journal, 2002
Highlights research important to understanding struggling middle school readers, and based on that research, suggests principles for instruction. Argues that knowing students as readers, maintaining a wide range of reading material, and allotting time for reading in class can support readers regardless of motivation, interest, or ability. (SD)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Reading
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