Joseph Schwab, a curriculum theorist, described four commonplaces, or universals, of teaching: content, students, milieu and teachers. This article considers how the Reading Standards of the ELA-CCSS are shaping these commonplaces in the teaching of reading. The organization of the Reading Standards, for example, focuses on two broad grade bands,…

Examines the progress libraries have made in establishing literacy programs and looks at the efforts of several specific library systems. (FL)

Describes an early intervention reading program in Gentofte, Denmark, that is designed to maintain rather than remediate reading skills. (FL)

Describes a program used in three Texas schools in which kindergarten children spend a part of each day writing. (FL)

Presents results of a survey to determine the characteristics, organizational patterns, instructional methods, and current trends in university reading clinics in the United States. (FL)

Discusses four issues raised by the movement toward publicly funded prekindergartens and offers five recommendations suggesting specific actions reading teachers can take to influence the design of prekindergarten programs. (JC)

Argues that kindergarten reading programs should do the following: (1) be structured but not formal; (2) be developmentally appropriate; (3) focus upon broadening each child's experiential base; (4) foster each child's desire to become literate; and (5) provide an environment rich in printed materials and opportunities to use them. (FL)

Argues that a well-planned literature program can instill in primary-grade children a lifelong love of literature and reading. Describes one such program, the Literature in Teaching program developed in Evanston, Indiana, by classroom teachers and librarians. (FL)

Reports extensive observations of a whole language program in two first grade classrooms that support whole language instruction. Outlines the advantages and disadvantages of the approach for both students and teachers. (FL)

Offers a step-by-step procedure for teaching intermediate grade poor readers three important text-based strategies that boost their comprehension of expository prose by stimulating their thinking. (FL)

Describes a program initiated in East Germany in l962 to identify and remediate specific reading disabilities in elementary school children. Compares aspects of the program with those of programs in other nations. (FL)

Argues that remedial programs in reading have gradually lost sight of the original goal of improving classroom reading and that coordinating the program with the core curriculum is not sufficient to achieve curricular congruence. Offers suggestions for achieving congruence between the classroom and the clinic. (FL)

Describes how one school involved children and the community in a reading program designed to illustrate that reading is an enjoyable activity. (FL)

Offers five classroom activities, some teacher centered and some child centered, that develop reading and writing in five-year-old children. (FL)

Describes an Environmental Reading Program, in which students come to realize that they are readers of their surroundings. Shows how the program can stimulate thought processes and promote comprehension. (FL)