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Stauffer, Russell G. – Elementary English, 1971
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Experiential Learning, Grade 1
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Packer, Athol B. – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Disadvantaged, Grade 1, Individualized Instruction
Siders, Stanford Keith – 1969
In this report, an analysis is made of the Title 1 project of the Lorain City Schools in Northern Ohio. The language growth of an experimental group of 30 disadvantaged first graders, who had spent 45 minutes each day in a special language experience classroom, was analyzed using oral language recordings and extensive language tests in order to…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 1, Language Acquisition
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Simpson-Tyson, Audrey K. – Reading Teacher, 1978
A study of the oral language of Native American children indicates that many are not proficient enough in English to learn to read. Suggestions are given for language development. (MKM)
Descriptors: American Indians, Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Language Acquisition
Feeley, Joan T. – 1980
This paper describes a child-centered first grade classroom where learning to read is viewed as a natural step in the language acquisition process. Discussed in detail are methods of individualizing instruction for four particular children, the use of basal readers, daily writing activities using the Language Experience Approach, and both group…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Developmental Programs, Grade 1, Individualized Instruction
Stauffer, Russell G.; Pikulski, John J. – Elementary English, 1974
Substantial linguistic growth took place in grade one children who were taught beginning reading by a language experience approach. (JH)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Language Acquisition, Language Experience Approach
Kelly, Patricia R.; And Others – 1995
This report summarizes the results of three studies concerning the Reading Recovery or Descubriendo la Lectura program with first-grade California students. Studies were conducted using state-wide data obtained during 1993-94 programs to determine if the program was an effective intervention for children with difficulty in learning to read. The…
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, English, Grade 1
Christensen, K. Eleanor – 1984
When used diagnostically at the readiness level, language-experience becomes an effective way to meet individual differences and to differentiate instruction in a group setting. For a 5- or 6-year old, school should be an exciting, happy, purposeful place, and language-experience lends itself well to such a setting. The first steps are to…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Grade 1, Group Activities, Individual Needs
Gardiner, D. Elizabeth – 1978
The effects of a language-based reading approach on the reading strategies of first grade children were examined in a study involving a total of 40 children. Half of the students were placed in an experimental group that was exposed to the language-based reading approach, and half were placed in a control group that was taught to read by a…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 1, Language Acquisition
CLELAND, DONALD L.; VILSCEK, ELAINE – 1964
THE EFFECTS OF TWO INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES, THE COORDINATED, BASAL LANGUAGE ARTS APPROACH AND THE INTEGRATED EXPERIENCE APPROACH TO COMMUNICATION, ON PUPILS' LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT WERE EXAMINED. APPROXIMATELY 600 FIRST-GRADE STUDENTS WERE ASSIGNED RANDOMLY TO THE TWO APPROACHES. APPROXIMATELY 500 PUPILS COMPRISED THE FINAL, TOTAL PUPIL POPULATION…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Grade 1, Inservice Teacher Education, Intelligence Differences
Payne, Kimberly Michelle – 1989
A supplemental reading program designed to increase basic reading vocabulary was implemented as a practicum project with first-grade students demonstrating deficiencies in reading. The students were assigned to teams (organized according to alphabetized lists of topics generated by the students) to write, illustrate, and read books cooperatively…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Grade 1, Integrated Activities, Language Acquisition
Markovitch, Martha L. – 1982
A practicum study designed to address the problem of inadequate language development skills in first-grade children was conducted. Specifically, efforts were directed toward developing and implementing a specialized instructional program to remediate students' deficiencies in listening comprehension, basic concept skills, classification skills,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classification, Classroom Research, Concept Formation
Elenbaas, Carmen T. – 1983
Language acquisition theory and classroom applications are discussed, with a focus on the role of speaking and grammar in the early stages of English acquisition in the English-speaking elementary school setting (kindergarten and first grade). Three stages of natural language acquisition are: (1) the comprehension stage…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Grade 1
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1967
THE DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS OF HEADSTART AND OTHER PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS IN EXPOSING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN TO EXPERIENCES THAT DEVELOP LANGUAGE AND CONCEPTUAL GROWTH HAS LED TO A CALL FOR AN EXTENSION OF THIS PROGRAM INTO THE SEQUENTIAL SCHOOL YEARS. THIS PROSPECTUS SEEKS--(1) TO PROVIDE AN EXTENSION OF THESE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS FROM…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Activities, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1974
As in kits one through eight, the Spanish Language Arts teacher's guide for kits 9-12 presents activities in oral language development, language-experience reading, structured reading, and comprehension and interpretation skills. The school is the basic theme of this third unit. Four small picture books for students (brief Spanish…
Descriptors: Alphabetizing Skills, Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature