Suggests 10 classroom-tested activities that improve reading comprehension. (DF)

A reading teacher discusses ways to make the reading lab an enjoyable place to be. She suggests the use of nontraditional reading materials, such as TV guides, newspapers, and excerpts of old basal readers recovered to make thin books. Parent participation is stressed. (CL)

Suggests class activities to increase interest and improve reading skills in basal reading programs. (RB)

Describes two newspaper-based ideas for each month of the school year. (LHW)

Suggestions offered include starting a book drive, training regular classroom teachers in diagnostic and remedial reading procedures, having a reading share-in where teachers describe new programs they have used, teaching teachers to make their own reading games and materials, organizing volunteer programs, and involving parents in the reading…

Presents twelve activities designed to convince the student that reading can be fun and not boring. (JM)

Fifteen activities that interrelate art and reading are described. The activities can be used with elementary school children. (RM)

A list of questions has been compiled to help teachers work with parents on common reading problems of students. (DF)

Describes a successful volunteer tutorial reading program, developed by the New Haven, Connecticut, school system, that provides disabled readers with assistance from volunteer tutors. Includes a list of seven caveats to consider when developing a volunteer program. (MD)

Suggests ways in which school personnel can keep abreast of current educational research. (MKM)

Article investigated the learning activities best suited to today's pupil and listed a number of creative reading approaches for children. (Author/RK)

Suggests activities that integrate the language arts skills of listening, speaking, and writing with the reading program. (MAI)

Many secondary students have mastered the skills necessary for proficient reading, but they dislike reading and avoid it at every opportunity. This article briefly describes 12 classroom-tested strategies for inducing these youngsters to read. (Author/SJL)

Contends that effective communication builds parent support for a reading program and offers practical suggestions on how to improve parent school communication. (FL)