The Read to be Ready campaign emerged from the startling reality of Tennessee's reading achievement data. Only one-third of Tennessee fourth graders scored proficient in the last administration of National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) in 2015. Equally concerning, students who fell behind in the early years almost never caught up in…

This article shares an oral reading practice that develops children's fluency skills, with a particular emphasis on performance reading and prosody. The authors share their experiences with Fluency Idol! as a way to engage young children by tapping into pop culture. The practice emphasizes repeated readings, feedback, practice, and…

The impetus to begin Bilingual Buds came about six years ago when the author, pregnant with twins and commuting into New York City, was reading about the numerous cognitive benefits for children of acquiring a second language early in their lives. She was surprised to learn that even by the age of six months, children begin to lose the ability to…

Much research has pointed to the importance of pretend play as a facilitator of literacy development. However, few studies have investigated the corresponding role of sociodramatic play in mathematical development. This exploratory naturalistic study examined the numerate behaviors that occurred during spontaneous pretend play in a preschool…

Describes a class project designed to bridge the learning gap between June and September by creating a bag full of summer learning activities. (SB)

Evaluated methods of reading instruction in a remedial summer school program. Concluded that instruction keyed to district-adopted basal readers is antithetical to purposive, contextualized instruction and should be abandoned in favor of more creative approaches. (CJM)

Articles by Grade Teacher's fourth annual summer travel - summer workshop contest winners: Lea Levi, Elsie G. Murray, Elizabeth Dorband, and Emma A. Palminteri.

An elementary school reading-interest project was designed to overcome summer learning loss and to foster an interest in independent reading. The major strategy, "The Reading Interest Passport," consisted of nine independent reading contracts leading to "badges." This approach was selected after consideration of cost, coordination with ongoing…

Teachers, attorneys, and law educators met to evaluate 1971 workshops in law education and to plan improved learning experiences at future workshops. Communication emphasized the teachers' desire for substantive background prior to teaching law at the elementary level. Attorneys argued process was more important than content. (JB)

Describes a successful language experience reading program integrated within highly motivating camping and recreational activities for title one children with reading difficulties. (RB)

The report describes use of the Slingerland teaching approach with language handicapped students in a magnet elementary school at Chula Vista, California, and offers guidelines to school systems interested in implementing the Slingerland approach in specific magnet schools. The development of the program is briefly traced, characteristics of…

This article discusses themes used in summer inservice workshops to develop the skills and confidence of elementary school teachers providing science instruction to gifted students. The article notes the value of hands-on activities, letting children explore, focusing on process skills, and the teacher's role as facilitator. (Author/DB)

THE PROGRAM ATTEMPTS TO TEACH NEW MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WITHOUT THE BURDEN OF LEARNING A COMPLETELY NEW VOCABULARY. THE PROGRAM WILL SEEK A HIGH DEGREE OF PUPIL INVOLVEMENT BROUGHT ABOUT BY FOSTERING A SPIRIT OF INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATION. THE ABSENCE OF "ANSWERS" FROM AN AUTHORITY WILL BE NOTED THROUGHOUT…

OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) TO UTILIZE THE WORKING MATERIALS CREATED DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR, (2) TO EXPLORE THE NEED FOR A SET OF RESOURCE MATERIALS DIRECTED TOWARD HELPING THE CLASSROOM TEACHER GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO HELP IN THE TEACHING OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, (3) TO FIELD-TEST THE RESOURCE MATERIALS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, (4) TO DEVELOP AND TEST…

During a summer course, an instructor used a method of corresponding with students to learn more about the students personally and academically. The exercise affected lesson preparation and the linguistic activities selected for the group. Objections to and benefits of the method are discussed. (MSE)