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VanDongen, Richard D. – INSIGHTS into Open Education, 1979
To support young children in bringing all of their resources to bear on constructing meaning from print, teachers must be aware of how children learn, must make use of a variety of learning materials, and must carefully prepare the contextual setting in which children move into reading. Teachers should focus on planning a classroom reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Language Experience Approach, Learning Activities
Download full textJuliebo, Moira F. – 1991
The inclusion of talk, written language, and body language are critically important in primary classrooms. Although reading and writing may be regarded as cognitive activities, they are embedded in a social/cultural milieu, and the practice of mechanical decoding as a necessary precedent to real reading is not pedagogically sound. A whole class…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Emergent Literacy
Gordon, Sandra L.; Van Dongen, Richard – Insights into Open Education, 1988
Noting that the ways children encounter and use print in the classroom can be examined as surface and organizing content of curriculum, this article provides descriptions of innovative uses of print in the kindergarten and elementary school classroom. Curriculum "surface content" includes activities, use of classroom space, display, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Curriculum
Clay, Marie M. – 1977
Based on information gained in two longitudinal research studies of the beginning reading process, this book offers insights into the detection and prevention of reading failure. The 13 chapters of the book deal with the following topics: barriers to the early identification of reading problems, preschool experiences, school entry, early reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Spina, Linda; Welhoelter, Dorothy – 1981
Even young children can be encouraged to write through the use of individual communication, group discussions, and activities that involve rhythms and music. Such activities create a classroom of children who feel comfortable and happy, who share a rapport with their peers and others throughout the school building, and who feel free to express…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Editing, Language Experience Approach
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1973
Activities in this teacher's guide for unit one of a Spanish Language Arts curriculum for first graders are grouped into structured reading and listening (related comprehension and interpretation skills for each), and oral language development and language-experience reading. Three small picture books for students (brief Spanish…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment, Cooperation
