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Spidell, Tammie F.; Latty, Jayne – Texas Association for Literacy Education Yearbook, 2018
In a test-driven educational environment, teachers see a great need for more engaging resources that produce the literacy results needed for students to thrive academically. In 2015, The National Assessment of Educational Progress reported that only 36% of fourth graders scored at or above the Proficient level of reading. This statistic was…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Beginning Reading, Preschool Children
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Grossen, Bonnie; Carnine, Doug – Interchange, 1990
Contrasts ways phonics is frequently taught with examples of ways phonics would be taught according to research. Responses to major criticisms of a phonics approach are presented. Research indicates the best reading instruction involves systematically teaching children the most common sound for a select group of letters and letter combinations.…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading)
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Kirk, Elizabeth W.; Clark, Patricia – Childhood Education, 2005
Names hold great meaning for children and are, for many, the first word they learn to recognize by sight. Children have a great interest in learning to write their names as well as the names of their family and friends. Adults working with young children can take advantage of this interest to introduce a variety of early literacy concepts. Using…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Word Recognition, Beginning Reading, Associative Learning