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Peer reviewedVaughan, Sally; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1979
Suggests lessons based on categorizing and several learning modalities to expand students' vocabulary. (MKM)
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Education, Imagery, Teaching Methods
Learning, 1978
Some games for developing children's reading skills are described. (JD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Reading
Peer reviewedBrowning, Peggy J. – English Journal, 1980
Suggests creative ways to interest students in the "magic" of words through word game activities. (DF)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Learning Activities, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Download full textMcCabe, Don – 1982
Letting students as they read underline or highlight words they do not know allows teachers to find out the words their students do not know. This procedure also leaves a record of all the once unknown words for students to re-read later. It is an added advantage for teachers that it allows them to see how far into a book students have read, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Readability, Reading Material Selection, Reading Strategies
Croft, Cedric – 1983
This booklet is the teachers manual for "Spell-Write," a text to aid learners in writing, spelling, and word study, and is intended to function effectively in a variety of classroom spelling and word study programs. The booklet has four main sections. An introduction discusses briefly the alphabetical spelling lists, the background to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Spelling, Spelling Instruction
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1984
Contributors describe two classroom activities for secondary school reading students: a study-reading technique and a vocabulary game. (AEA)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Reading Skills, Remedial Reading, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBrown, Bonnie – Reading Teacher, 1981
Describes a simple, practical strategy for reaching into the inner world of children to strengthen their reading vocabularies. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Individualized Instruction, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedReadence, John E.; Searfoss, Lyndon W. – English Journal, 1980
Outlines procedures by which teachers can foster and speed up student vocabulary growth. Discusses three aspects of categorization: word fluency, the list-group-label lesson, and feature analysis. (RL)
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Improvement, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedWright, Jone Perryman; Andreasen, Nann L. – Reading Teacher, 1980
Describes a project that used task cards to give students meaningful and interesting practice in using location skills in the content area of science. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedD'Angelo, Karen – Journal of Reading, 1983
Discusses the benefits of precis writing and suggests specific tasks to develop that skill. (AEA)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading Comprehension, Study Skills, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedBaldwin, R. Scott; And Others – Reading World, 1981
Proposes feature analysis, which actively involves students in the learning process, capitalizes on their experiential backgrounds, and uses context as a means of teaching sensitivity to word connotations. (FL)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Secondary Education
Wichita Public Schools, KS. Curriculum Services Div. – 1981
Designed for teachers, administrators, and supervisory personnel for use in planning, developing, and evaluating reading programs, this curriculum guide has been prepared to describe significant features of the classroom reading program for teaching reading from kindergarten through eighth grade. Following a general introduction are 9 sections…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Course Content, Curriculum
Peer reviewedCunningham, Patricia M. – Journal of Reading, 1987
Discusses teaching vocabulary when students do not know the words nor the concepts they represent. (SRT)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Language Usage
Ganske, Kathy – 2000
This book presents a practical approach for assessing children's spelling and word knowledge abilities and offering effective, appropriate instruction. Included in the book is the Developmental Spelling Analysis (DSA), a dictated word inventory that enables teachers to evaluate students' stages of spelling development and their knowledge of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Activities, Phonics
Peer reviewedBurroughs, Robert S. – English Journal, 1982
Offers examples of texts and assignments that reinforce an appreciation for the importance of context in the study of vocabulary. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Context Clues, English Instruction, High Schools
