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Peer reviewedAmes, Candice M.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1989
Describes various events and activities during Pine City, Minnesota's, "I Love to Read Month," which focused on a "Reading Railroad" theme. Lists 12 stories and 16 poems about trains that were used for oral presentations. (MM)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Parent Participation
Zemmels, Elizabeth – 1982
An ongoing, interdisciplinary reading program for students in grades 7-10 in Perris Union High School District (California) is described. Initiated in 1979 as a result of low reading scores, the program divides all incoming seventh grade students into homogeneous groups. In the first 6 weeks of school these new groups meet once a day for 50…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Interdisciplinary Approach, Junior High Schools, Language Processing
Martin, David S. – 1979
Americans tend to regard persons without the ability to read as being less than fully functioning members of society. There are at least four ways in which educators can deal with what appears to be a prejudice in favor of literacy while also ensuring widespread literacy: by educating parents and the general public that other means to…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Literacy, Public Opinion, Reading
