Let's Read is a reading program for preschool and early elementary school children with the dual purpose of teaching Negro children and training their mothers on how to provide intellectual stimulation for their children. (RB)

States that beginning reading instruction must not be perceived as an either/or phenomenon, as either strong adherence to the code devoid of meaning, or the reverse. Teachers should teach the code and meaning at the same time. (MKM)

Presents results of a survey of teachers using basal readers in their classrooms. Responses included (1) though the concept is good, specific series do not satisfy children's individual needs, (2) most basal series are easily integrated with other approaches, and (3) a basal reader is only as effective as the teacher. (AEW)

Lists suggestions for implementing a reading-for-meaning instructional approach that focuses on the development and comprehension of language. (FL)

Lists and annotates 21 journal articles that discuss the teaching of reading. Among the topics dealth with in the articles are the teaching of beginning reading and reading comprehension, reading instruction and the law, reading diagnosis, and the use of the psycholinguistic approach at the secondary level. (GW)

Describes instruction that has proven effective in teaching Black children to read. (MKM)