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Direct linkGewertz, 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 reviewedCunningham, Pat – Reading Teacher, 1981
Reviews "Happily Ever After," a reading readiness program that is designed to help those children who lack many of the concepts and abilities assumed by most readiness programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Learning Activities, Primary Education, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedCarlile, Candice – PTA Today, 1985
Parents can help young children learn to read or become better readers. Activities designed to be done at home each evening are suggested to teach and reinforce beginning reading skills. (MT)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Learning Activities, Parent Participation, Primary Education
Peer reviewedRichards, Janet Clarke; Gipe, Joan P. – Reading Teacher, 1992
Describes two strategies (Yes/No...Why? and It Reminds Me Of...) that provide young or poor readers with the prerequisite background knowledge for interpreting a passage. States that these strategies can be used with all types of reading materials and can also be used with nonreaders. (MG)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Activities
Scourfield, Judith VanDyke – 1984
The 180 reading tips described in this school calendar are intended for parents to help their children at home. The calendar presents tips for Monday through Friday and for September through May. Among the suggested exercises are the following: (1) sing the ABC song, (2) write five words that begin with B, (3) play a game of Hangman, (4) discuss…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Family Involvement, Learning Activities, Parent Child Relationship
Ericson, Lita; Juliebo, Moira Fraser – 1998
This handbook offers a practical and comprehensive means of teaching and monitoring children's development of phonological awareness in the classroom. The handbook points out that studies have shown clearly that even informal phonological awareness activities, such as the natural and spontaneous word play found in stories, songs, and games, can…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Kindergarten, Learning Activities
Download full textAli, Yvonne B.; And Others – 1980
As part of a series of publications reporting the promising practices gleaned from pre-elementary Right to Read Read programs, this manual is designed as an easy reference source through which parents can help their young children develop the skills necessary to read. While the manual is designed for use by parents, the activities discussed can…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Learning Activities, Parent Participation, Parent Responsibility
Langham, Martha A.; Peterson, Nancy M. – 1975
This book has been developed to furnish teachers and parents with ideas for activities and games which aid children in the transition from oral language to printed language for reading and math. These games are designed to provide children with activities and experiences that increase vocabularies and make them useful in communication, language…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedMcComiskey, A. V. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
The Braille Readiness Skills Grid identifies activities and skills that foster braille readiness in children with visual impairments. The grid assesses five readiness areas: tactile, fine motor, listening/attention, concept, and book/story. It is intended to encourage systematic braille readiness activities from infancy and foster children's…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Blindness, Braille
KRAVITZ, IDA – 1964
THE EXPERIENTIALLY POOR CHILD WHO HAS HEARD LITTLE ADULT CONVERSATION DIRECTED AT AND FOR HIM IS ILL-PREPARED FOR BEGINNING READING. HIS LEARNING ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE PLANNED TO INCLUDE EXPERIENCE, REAL AND/OR VICARIOUS. BEFORE HE IS INVOLVED WITH THE SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF THE SPOKEN OR WRITTEN WORD. THE CHILD SHOULD HAVE DEVELOPED STRONG…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Language Arts
Flippo, Rona F. – 1982
Designed for parents who want to know what they can do to help their child have a good start in developing prereading skills and early reading development, this booklet provides parents with information that will help them give their child a maximum opportunity for success in reading. The booklet includes a list of reading readiness skills,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Informal Education, Learning Activities
Levy, Kay E.; And Others – 1980
The final report documents goals and achievements of Project CUE, a 3 year project to assist teachers of language impaired children to adapt regular reading readiness curricula to the students' needs. Objectives are listed, including conducting a needs assessment, selecting a basal reading series, and disseminating information on the project, and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Content Analysis, Curriculum Development
Feldman, Jean R. – 1999
Designed to be useful for teachers, students, and parents, this resource book contains skill-appropriate, easy-to-follow activities for emergent readers. Noting that helping children become successful readers by developing reading readiness skills and a love for literature requires careful planning and instruction, the book states that children…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Eye Hand Coordination
Ali, Yvonne B.; And Others – 1980
Intended for teachers of preschool and kindergarten children, this manual is designed to share effective practices and products that have been either developed or refined by pre-elementary Right to Read programs. The first section of the manual discusses a variety of activities that focus on cognitive, language, personal/social, and motor…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Learning Activities, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedReading Teacher, 1982
Suggestions from eight contributors include the following: how to use pattern books with beginning readers, how to develop a locally relevant basic sight word list, how to use learning styles in individualizing instruction, and how to personalize handouts. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Style, College Students
