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Blachowicz, Camille L.Z.; Buhle, Roberta; Frost, Shari – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2009
In "Effective Literacy Coaching: Building Expertise and a Culture of Literacy," literacy experts Shari Frost, Roberta Buhle, and Camille Blachowicz provide more than 50 practical activities designed to help K-12 literacy professionals: (1) Assess the current literacy program; (2) Plan changes that will foster a culture of literacy; (3) Collaborate…
Descriptors: Expertise, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy
Nelson, Jeffrey B. – American Education, 1974
In the teaching of reading, Sinclairville doesn't mess around; it pervades every subject, and the entire community gets into the act. (Editor)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Involvement, Elementary Schools, Parent School Relationship
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Odom, Sterling C. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Class Activities, Evaluation, Individualized Reading, Program Development
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Burger, Marilyn – Ohio Reading Teacher, 2000
Considers the origin and validity of phonemic awareness and why phonemic awareness is important. Discusses phonemic awareness in a balanced reading program, and teaching phonemic awareness. Suggests activities that promote phonemic awareness by using children's literature. Discusses assessment of student progress. Presents experiences with her…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Emergent Literacy, Phonemic Awareness
Coley, Joan Develin – 1982
Highlighting similarities in the processes of reading and writing can help teachers establish a more unified program allowing students to develop skills that transfer from one process to another. One activity to help students develop reading skills focuses on the "who, what, where, when" types of patterns that recur in sentences and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Language Patterns
Garcia, Ricardo L. – 1976
The purpose of bilingual education is to increase the academic ability and success of the student through the use of the native language as the principal instrument of instruction. The aim is for the student to develop appropriate academic attitudes towards, practical aptitudes in, and a knowledge of the target language. The pamphlet explores…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Class Activities, Community Involvement
Hjelt, M. Christine; Stewart, Georgia E. – 1986
This handbook provides guidelines and practical ideas for community volunteer teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) as they prepare to teach. It addresses common classroom issues and offers instructional approaches and techniques based on established principles of language learning. Chapter topics include the following: cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Terry, Robert M., Ed. – 1996
Six conference papers are presented in this volume. They include: "Living Civilization: a Theoretical Model for Using Task-Based Activities To Combine the Teaching of Language and Culture" (Sharon Gwinn Scinicariello); "Foreign Language Reading versus Understanding: Using Think-Aloud Protocols To Identify L2 Reading Problems"…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness
Osborn, Jean; Stein, Marcy – 1985
Observational studies of elementary school classrooms have indicated that basal reading programs (BRPs) influence strongly both how children are taught to read and what they read. BRPs are developed by authors working in varying degrees of involvement with the editors of educational publishing companies. Classroom observation literature and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Observation
Hatfield, William N., Ed.; And Others – 1992
Papers from the 1992 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages include the following: "Flesh Out Your FLES Program: Developmental Sequencing in Teaching Units" (Zoe Louton, Robert Louton); "Lights! Camera! Action!...Using the Camcorder as a Tool, Not a Toy" (John Liontas); "The Yorktown High School…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Articulation (Education), Class Activities, Classroom Communication