Uses a proofreading task to investigate whether function and content words are processed differently in a text. Concludes that misprints are hard to detect in words that retain the original shape, short words prevent detection of misprints more than long words, and that there is an interaction between word type and length. (HOD)

Teachers at the intermediate level can now take advantage of the small-group differentiated reading model introduced to the early learning community in Beverly Tyner's bestseller of 2004. This classroom-tested, research-based model supports reading, writing, and spelling as integrated processes. Differentiated instruction can help the reader meet…

Described the activities of a special education class in learning about the seashore and its natural inhabitants, and through a letter writing project children learned about other parts of the country as well as the world. (RK)

Provides nine techniques for heightening word awareness and increasing vocabulary with students of all grade levels. (VJ)

Recommends a program of reading aloud to children to provide motivation and oral language experiences and shows statistically significant evidence of its success with 285 disadvantaged first graders. (MD)

Describes a procedure for teachers to follow when engaging in diagnostic testing in reading. Presents a method for analyzing word recognition samples relative to applied information in word attack skills. (FL)

Offers suggestions from six contributors regarding a variety of classroom activities, including the use of high interest-low vocabulary books with gifted and average readers, an exercise in sequencing, a Halloween project to improve students' grammar, a technique to improve students' dictionary skills, and methods for helping students write books.…

Tells how the author combines the study of metaphors and individual words in writing assignments about Shakespeare's plays and other works of literature. (RL)