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Direct linkMackey, Michelle G. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
I conducted 2 experiments in which I tested the effects of a reader immersion procedure on the technical reading comprehension responses to print stimuli for 4 kindergarten students and 3 first grade students. The participants selected for this study textually responded to words at a rate of 80 words correct per minute with 0 incorrect words per…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Immersion Programs, Reading Comprehension, Beginning Reading
Download full textNebraska Department of Education, 2016
The goal of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Practice Guide, "Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade," is to offer educators specific, evidence-based recommendations for teaching foundational reading skills to students in kindergarten through 3rd grade. The guide suggests…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Beginning Reading, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Almasi, Janice F.; Fullerton, Susan King – Guilford Publications, 2012
This accessible teacher resource and course text shows how to incorporate strategy instruction into the K-8 classroom every day. Cutting-edge theory and research are integrated with practical guidance and reflections from experienced teachers of novice and struggling readers. The book describes the nuts and bolts of creating classroom contexts…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Educational Opportunities, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Gewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2012
Sparked by the Common Core State Standards, teachers and literacy experts are arguing about the role of a time-honored pillar of English/language arts instruction: classroom activities designed to help students understand what they are about to read. The attacks on--and defenses of--"prereading" are unfolding largely in cyberspace, through online…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Electronic Publishing, Learning Activities, State Standards
Peer reviewedKarstadt, Roberta – Reading Teacher, 1976
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedBurris, Nancy A.; Lentz, Kathleen A. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Establishes a developmental perspective for using caption books (picture books with short language captions closely related to simple pictures), then details how the books can be used in the classroom. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Development, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedDuffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Reading Horizons, 1982
Describes an instructional technique for expanding children's vocabulary that embodies the principle that learning involves relating new experiences to what is already known. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Learning Activities, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedPutnam, Lynne – Language Arts, 1991
Presents scenarios from a kindergarten classroom in which dramatization is used extensively in conjunction with nonfiction books. Shows how the children acted out topics that ranged from the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., showing that they were able to develop rich representations of nonfiction materials.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Dramatics, Emergent Literacy
Peer reviewedSchell, Leo M. – Reading Horizons, 1984
Provides a number of suggestions for teaching children often confused words. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Learning Activities, Primary Education
Peer reviewedArthur, Sharon V. – Reading Teacher, 1982
Discusses several ways teachers can use picture books for teaching prereading and reading skills. Reviews several such books. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Learning Activities, Picture Books, Prereading Experience
Dahl, Karin L.; Scharer, Patricia L.; Lawson, Lora L.; Grogan, Patricia R. – 2001
Before children can make sense of phonics study, they first must learn that print conveys meaning. Children who do not have this foundation concept may do phonics workbook pages, but without understanding or processing the concepts. That is why--unlike books on traditional phonics teaching--this book emphasizes the making of sound instructional…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Individualized Instruction, Language Arts, Learning Activities
Zgonc, Yvette – 2000
This book provides the tools classroom teachers need to determine which children lack the phonological awareness skills needed to become successful readers as well as to pinpoint deficiencies and address various needs. The book's unique features include the following: a comprehensive assessment that measures children's phonological awareness…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Decoding (Reading), Learning Activities
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA. – 2001
"Between the Lions" is an award-winning PBS television series based on a comprehensive literacy curriculum that combines phonics and whole language. This guide has been created to help first grade teachers use "Between the Lions" in their classrooms to enhance their reading lessons. The guide is filled with engaging activities,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Curriculum Enrichment, Grade 1, Learning Activities
Dyer, Nancy – 1998
This guide offers beginning reading activities for kindergarten and first grade students for classroom or home use, based on the "Arthur" books and the Public Broadcasting System program. Incorporating both whole-language and phonetic techniques, the activities are organized into four general themes: (1) "All about Arthur"; (2)…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Television, Class Activities, Elementary School Students
Hillis, Viola S. – Reading Newsreport, 1971
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classification, Learning Activities, Linguistics
