Improving a 4th Grader's Reading and Writing: Three Principles.

Wong-Kam, Jo Ann; Au, Kathryn H.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Improving a 4th Grader's Reading and Writing: Three Principles.

Wong-Kam, Jo Ann; Au, Kathryn H.

Reading Teacher, v41 n8 p768-72 Apr 1988

Presents three principles for working with poor readers in the upper elementary grades: (1) bring the class together as a literate community; (2) integrate reading and writing instruction; and (3) provide instruction on specific skills. Describes how one teacher, through application of these principles, helped a student overcome his reading failure. (ARH)

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Peer Influence, Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure, Reading Instruction, Reading Writing Relationship, Remedial Reading, Self Esteem, Spelling, Teaching Methods, Word Recognition, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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