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Peer reviewedDowning, John – Reading Teacher, 1976
Discusses the positive effects that can be gained from using the initial teaching alphabet in beginning reading instruction. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Orthographic Symbols, Primary Education
Peer reviewedJones, Marian – Reading Teacher, 1983
Offers guidelines for helping children produce their own alphabet books. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Books, Language Acquisition, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedSpeer, Olga B.; Lamb, George S. – Reading Teacher, 1976
Concludes that speed in identifying letters and graphonemes correlates highly with reading achievement. (RB)
Descriptors: Grade 1, Letters (Alphabet), Primary Education, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedDuffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Reading Teacher, 2002
Notes that a major goal within the language arts block is learning to recognize and write the letters of the alphabet. Presents 4 reasons that have been suggested as to why early letter knowledge exerts such a strong influence over learning to read and write. Presents descriptions of 12 websites dealing with the alphabet. (SG)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Language Arts, Media Selection, Primary Education
