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Peer reviewedJonson, Kathleen F. – Reading Improvement, 1998
Notes that California undertook a new commitment to improve the basic reading skills of its elementary students; lists several components of this commitment, the "California Reading Initiative." Describes the state's definition of a balanced and comprehensive approach to reading. Argues that independent reading is a crucial component and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedTowle, Wendy – Educational Leadership, 2000
The reading workshop is not based on ability groups, but provides a venue to focus on each student's strengths and needs. Components include a teacher-sharing time, focus lesson, state-of-the-class conference, self-selected reading and responding time, and student-sharing time. (MLH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 5, Independent Reading, Individualized Instruction
Direct linkShin, Fay – Library Media Connection, 2004
When a child has an extensive knowledge of vocabulary, it is most likely from extensive reading, regardless of whether the reading is from comic books, magazines, or a recommended reading literature list. Teachers who are always trying to find the best strategies for teaching literacy skills such as reading comprehension, vocabulary development,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Independent Reading, Case Studies
Schwanenflugel, Paula J.; Meisinger, Elizabeth B.; Wisenbaker, Joseph M.; Kuhn, Melanie R.; Strauss, Gregory P.; Morris, Robin D. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2006
The goals of this study were to (a) develop an empirically based model regarding the development of fluent and automatic reading in the early elementary school years and (b) determine whether fluent text-reading skills provided benefits for reading comprehension beyond those accounted for by fluent word decoding. First-, second-, and third-grade…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Fluency, Elementary Education, Reading Skills
Download full textReinking, David; Bonham, Steve – 1997
This guide highlights the basic operation of software that provides a framework and tools for students to encounter computer-based multimedia reviews of the books the have read independently given minimal equipment and expertise, and suggests ways to go beyond the basic operation for those who have the capability to do so. After a background and…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Classroom Techniques, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
McFalls, Elisabeth L.; And Others – 1994
A study examined the acquisition of a reading vocabulary for abstract and concrete words in 62 second-grade children. Words had been learned as part of a basal reader program or as part of outside reading. Word recognition speed and reading accuracy were examined for abstract and concrete words using lexical decision and word naming tasks. Results…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Independent Reading
Allison, Lane M. – 1994
A study compared the choices of Charlottesville area children with those from Children's Choice lists, published annually in "The Reading Teacher." Subjects, 62 third- to sixth-grade students, were interviewed before they checked books out of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Main Branch in Charlottesville, Virginia. Children were…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Reading Interests
De Renzis, Joseph J. – Elementary English, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Individualized Programs, Individualized Reading
Sandel, Lenore – 1987
If children's satisfaction in and through books is not diminished by reading instructional practice or lack of reading proficiency, and if the thrust of reading enjoyment adds momentum to the instructional program, it is indeed within the realm of teacher expectation, of possibility and plausibility, that book awards for progress or achievement…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Inservice Teacher Education
Erazmus, Thomas R. – 1987
Using the Pizza Hut "Book It" Program which encouraged students to read a certain number of books per month, a study examined the effect of this program on standardized test scores. Subjects, 98 fifth grade students, were placed in high, middle, or low reading groups according to teacher assessment. Half of the students from each group…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Independent Reading, Intermediate Grades, Reading Ability
Torrey, Jane W. – Elem Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Case Studies, Independent Reading, Reading Diagnosis
FINK, RONN; ROOK, ROBERT – 1965
THIS READING LIST PUBLISHED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY WAS DRAWN FROM BOOK TITLES SUGGESTED BY 28 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR STUDENTS CONTEMPLATING GOING TO COLLEGE. THE FIRST OF THREE SECTIONS LISTS 26 ANNOTATED TITLES MOST OFTEN CITED AS BENEFICIAL READING FOR STUDENTS ENTERING COLLEGE. TITLES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Bound Students, Independent Reading, Library Materials
Hill, Richard F. – Florida Council of Teachers of English Newsletter, 1968
J. R. R. Tolkein's "Hobbit" books intrigue students, perhaps because the fantasies lack "literary pretensions.""The Hobbit" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, set in Middle Earth (a world peopled with Hobbits, Dwarves, and Elves), provide a history for the Elven language invented by the linguist Tolkein.…
Descriptors: Elective Reading, Epics, Fantasy, Fiction
Mason, George E. – 1968
Three types of extra stimulation in reading are discussed: extra teacher time devoted to teaching reading, extra student time devoted to practice in reading, and extra motivation and reinforcement leading to greater amounts of student reading outside the school. Problems are created (1) when teaching time spent on reading is increased in the…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Home Study, Independent Reading, Intermediate Grades
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines.
Two reading programs, one on the elementary level and one on the secondary level, are presented. Individualized reading is recommended as one phase or strand of the total reading program. The elementary program used in a third-grade heterogeneous class in an Iowa elementary school is described as an example. Incorporated in the program are oral…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Individual Reading, Individualized Reading
