METHODS AND SKILLS TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE READING PROGRAMS FOR GRADES 1 THROUGH 12 ARE TESTED. ELEVEN BASIC SKILLS ARE CONSIDERED, INCLUDING READING FOR A PURPOSE AND FOLLOWING A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. PHONETICS AND WORD ANALYSIS FOR KINDERGARTEN INCLUDE CONSONANTS, RHYMES, VOWELS, AND LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES. SUCH SKILLS, IN ADDITION TO WRITING, SIMPLE…

THE SEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF READING ABILITIES IS PRESENTED WITH A LISTING OF THE SPECIFIC SKILLS COMPRISING EACH ABILITY AT EACH GRADE LEVEL FROM GRADE 6, OR BELOW, THROUGH GRADE 12. THE SEQUENTIAL PRESENTATION WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE SECONDARY TEACHER, WHO CONTINUES THE READING PROGRAM BEGUN IN EARLIER GRADES. READING PROGRESS SHOULD EXTEND INTO…

The first volume of an elementary curriculum guide prepared by the Summer Workshop Reading Committee of the Rochester Public Schools in Rochester, Minnesota, applies to kindergarten through grade 4. It is divided into the prereading level, the beginning reading level, and the independence level. Grade designations under each level suggest the…

EXISTING FLES TEACHING MATERIALS ARE REVIEWED GENERALLY AND CRITICIZED, AND SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE FOR THEIR IMPROVEMENT. EMPHASIS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO KEEPING UP THE CLASS'S INTEREST AND PROVIDING TEACHING AIDS THAT ARE REALLY PORTABLE. A WELL-ARTICULATED, SEQUENTIAL TEXT SERIES FROM FLES THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL IS ADVISED. THEIR THEMES SHOULD REFLECT…

This guide is designed to help teachers, staff members responsible for teacher training, and reading supervisors provide better reading instruction. The skills that lead to mature reading are arranged on eight levels of developmental sequence. Level A is concerned with developing prereading skills. Levels B to D treat initiating and developing…

Intended for classroom teachers, this guide contains outcomes and objectives for grades K-12 that are intended to be used for improving the teaching and learning of reading skills. The prefatory section of the document briefly presents the goals of the program, suggestions for implementation, and a definition of terms. A reading concepts chart is…

A reading program for junior-high-school students is outlined in this curriculum guide, which shows how multiple materials and approaches may be utilized to teach reading in the various curriculum areas. The program is recommended for use in the first semester of the seventh grade, the second semester of eighth grade, and as an elective in either…

As a sequential and cumulative curriculum for grades 7-12, this program--printed in chart form--suggests for English study an inductive approach in which students are led to explore, evaluate, and organize their experiences for new insights and skills. In addition to the curriculum chart, contents include (1) a glossary of terms used in the…

The reading program (K-12) of the Bloomington Public Schools, Bloomington, Minnesota, is defined and described. The program revolves around four major divisions: developmental reading, supplementary reading, library reading, and remedial reading. These major divisions are discussed relative to specific purposes, organization, materials, and…

The purpose of this guide is to provide seventh- and eighth-grade teachers with a variety of approaches to teaching reading. Chapter 1 provides the groundwork for a sequential skills reading program, dealing with materials, diagnosis of students' reading abilities, grouping, and procedures. The three chapters which follow recommend different, but…

The reading program for the junior high special curriculum which is described uses a protective vocabulary of about 100 words and phrases, experience charts, incidental materials, and basal texts. Basic considerations of the functioning of mentally handicapped children are used in determining the scope of the program; instructions are given for…

This handbook was designed to assist reading/language arts support personnel in developing a sequential, developmental program suited to each child's needs. The first of the book's five major sections outlines the procedures for establishing a successful program and discusses such factors as how to create the working environment, schedule time,…