Describes the successful implementation in a Georgia elementary school of the Reading Millionaires Project, a reading incentive program to promote recreational reading and to create student interest in reading. (SR)

The learning modules described are for the use of students in education or practicing teachers who wish to develop strong interest in reading in elementary students. The contents of the modules are described as well as the activities and resources involved in their use. Ordering information for materials and a critique of the modules are provided.…

Research on reading interests suggests (1) that interest leads to knowledge, which leads in turn to increased comprehension, and (2) that high interest materials are more easily comprehended than are low interest materials by virtue of the knowledge this interest has generated. The 3-D approach to classroom reading instruction and management…

Based on the belief that the transition from learning to read to reading to learn can be facilitated by tailoring learning experiences to individual preferences, this book describes an affective-based 3-week summer reading program for students entering first through sixth grades. The first part of the book describes the philosophy of the program,…

Describes a reading program that used community volunteers to read aloud to elementary school children. (FL)

This report describes a program encouraging students to choose reading as a recreational activity. The targeted population consisted of first, second, third, and fourth grade students in a growing middle class community, near a large Midwestern city. The problem of students choosing recreational activities other than reading was documented through…

Describes strategies used to improve students' reading achievement in a New York elementary school: Hire the best teachers; train office staff members to support teachers; assign teachers based on needs; observe teachers in reading; design a staff development program; develop a reading action plan; use the existing research; involve students and…