Teaching and learning literacy in the early years can be a joyful, explorative and meaningful experience. This accessible book will give teachers and practitioners the practical and theoretical skills and knowledge they require to successfully and confidently teach reading, writing and oral skills in the early years classroom. Foregrounding the…

Explains how one teacher abandoned her focus on the content of literature, and shifted to teaching her students how to read literature. Lists many of the reading techniques students learned during the year. (SR)

This textbook is the fifth volume in a series of readers. New words are defined, and selections are preceded by suggested points to consider.

This textbook is the sixth volume in a series of readers. New words are defined, and selections are preceded by suggested points to consider.

This textbook is a reader intended to develop children's taste for classic, diverse works. In addition to providing a definite and flexible method for teaching beginners to read, effort has been made to include only material that may justly be called classic and that have held up under repeated school use. Care has also been taken to present a…

This textbook is a reader intended to develop children's taste for classic, diverse works. In addition to providing a definite and flexible method for teaching beginners to read, effort has been made to include only material that may justly be called classic and that have held up under repeated school use. Care has also been taken to present a…

This textbook is a primary reading primer. Word lists are included.

This textbook is the fourth volume in a series of readers. New words are defined and phrases to discuss with the teacher are included.

This textbook is an elementary geography reader. It furnishes material for language training, and the reading lessons may be correlated with drawing. [Edited by Clarence F. Carroll. This is the first book of the Morse Readers of the New Century Series by Ella M. Powers and Thomas M. Balliet.]

Autobiographies are useful in teaching middle school reading and writing since middle school students tend to focus on topics about themselves and their place in the world. Autobiographies offer a powerful mechanism for self-reflection. This paper presents activities demonstrating how to use autobiography to motivate students to express their…

Describes a social studies program in which generalized assignments are given for the development of comprehension and study skills and which emphasizes student responsibility for learning. (MKM)

This book presents a developmentally appropriate reading program created especially for young children to teach them to read fluently, and well, in 20 step-by-step lessons. It is suitable for both homeschooling and classroom use. The program offered in the book can also be used for children with reading difficulties. It offers a structured phonics…

This textbook is third in a series of readers and has unique provision made for silent reading. A distinctive feature of this Reader is the unique provision made for Silent Reading. As in the "Child-Library Primer" and "Book One," (ED623655) the stories have been selected for their child-interest and wholesome ethical content.…

This textbook is the seventh in a series of readers. This volume focuses on building reading enjoyment. The book has been arranged in Five Parts, each Part being prefaced by a one page Introduction, presenting the general theme: (1) Citizenship and Service; (2) History in the Making; (3) The Great-Out-Doors; (4) Literature of the Imagination; and…

This textbook is the eighth in a series of readers. This volume focuses on building reading enjoyment. The book has been arranged in Five Parts, each Part being prefaced by a one page Introduction, presenting the general theme: (1) Citizenship and Service; (2) History in the Making; (3) The Great-Out-Doors; (4) Literature of the Imagination; and…