The result of a cooperative effort between the Illinois Office of Education and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, this manual establishes a framework to help educators and concerned citizens plan and implement a local Right to Read program. Inherent in the philosophy reflected in this manual is the assumption that the impetus for…

Provides guidelines to involve the entire community in a successful reading fair, based on procedures followed in Newport News, Virginia. (RL)

Provides seven recommendations for an effective secondary reading program that will treat reading as a body of skills taught in all subject areas. (MKM)

Against a background of declining student performance and fragmented programs, the Oakland (California) Unified School District reorganized its reading programs and instructional support personnel. This included reorganization of the central office, new positions, and a new department of curriculum and instruction. An instructional strategy…

Developed for the America Reads Challenge Read*Write*Now! program, this tip sheet presents ideas and suggestions for strengthening efforts to help improve children's reading through community reading programs designed to keep children reading during the summer and after school. The tip sheet discusses building partnerships, recruiting volunteers,…

Educators, recognizing the role of the home in preparing a child for reading and in fostering reading growth, have organized outreach programs to systematically utilize home influence. However, thoughtful planning is needed if these programs are to make the most of family involvement. Consideration of who, what, when, where, and how provides a…

Right to Read, a national effort to develop and improve the reading skills of all citizens, promotes the cooperative involvement of all segments of society, both public and private, in the achievement of this overall objective. This report details the development and implementation of each component of the National Reading Improvement Program…

This Read*Write*Now! activity poster presents, on one side, a colorful image encouraging children to share the fun of reading and writing, and, on the other side, 6 activity sheets offering fun and challenging ideas for adults' reading time with children. The activities are designed to expand a child's interest in and enthusiasm for reading and…

Prepared as part of a comprehensive study of reading in Virginia, this booklet contains standards identified by educators that must be exhibited by reading programs in order for them to be classified as "excellent." The ten standards are organized around four components: the learner and learning environment, organizing and managing a…

This Read*Write*Now! activity poster presents, on one side, a colorful image of Arthur the Aardvark encouraging adults and children to share the fun of reading and writing, and, on the other side, 5 fun and challenging activities for reading time. The activities are designed to expand a child's interest in and enthusiasm for reading and writing…

This booklet is one of eight developed both as resource guides to assist Wisconsin public schools in offering quality reading instruction and as models for improvement where there is a need for change. This second booklet presents the concept of community education and stresses the need for community involvement in education in implementing Right…

The Oregon criteria of excellence for quality community reading programs include criteria for the following: (1) staffing, preparation, and inservice training for personnel; (2) organization and management; (3) maintenance and dissemination of materials and information; (4) diagnosis and prescription; (5) the developmental reading program; (6)…

"Readlicious: Carry-outs Available" is a theme that can be adapted to a variety of emphases since libraries are filled with materials relating to food in many ways, and library collections feed hungry minds and imaginations in countless fashions. This manual is a smorgasbord of planning ideas contributed by many Wisconsin librarians, and…

This is a report on a school-wide ethnographic study of intervention strategies for at-risk students in kindergarten through second grade. A group of 5 teachers from an elementary school of approximately 250 students in a Midwest community of about 18,000 people (2 first-grade teachers, 2 second-grade teachers, and 1 music teacher) comprised the…