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Stauffer, Russell G. – Elementary English, 1971
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Experiential Learning, Grade 1
Download full textHARRIS, ALBERT J.; SERWER, BLANCHE L. – 1966
THE RESULTS OF A STUDY OF THE TIME ALLOCATED TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE ARTS BY 48 TEACHERS OF 1,600 FIRST-GRADE DISADVANTAGED URBAN CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY ARE REPORTED. TWELVE CLASSES EACH WERE ASSIGNED TO ONE OF FOUR METHODS USED IN THE CRAFT PROJECT (COMPARING READING APPROACHES TO FIRST-GRADE TEACHING WITH EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 1
Cramer, Ronald L. – Elem Engl, 1970
Reviewed in a following article by E. Hugh Rudorf, "Review of 'An Investigation of First-Grade Spelling Achievement' by R. L. Cramer, pp. 238-40. (SW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Reading, Creative Writing, Educational Research
Hungerford, Harold R.; Steinruck, Yvonne Siv – Teacher, 1978
Eight steps are outlined for presenting a combined science/language experience unit to primary students, in which the children observe and discuss a phenomenon and dictate a group report. Sample projects with fossils, magnets, and air pressure are described. (SJL)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Grade 1, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
KELLOGG, RALPH EDWARD – 1966
A FIRST-GRADE LISTENING SKILLS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO BE TAUGHT AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM AND TO IMPROVE ACHIEVEMENT IN LISTENING AND READING. THE COMPONENTS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE EXPERIMENT ARE SPECIFIED. THIRTY-THREE CLASSROOMS IN 22 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY PARTICIPATED. THE TREATMENT GROUPS WERE A…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Grade 1, Instructional Materials, Language Arts
Peer reviewedUsova, Constance J.; Usova, George M. – Reading Improvement, 1993
Describes an intensive integrated art and language arts instructional program for first-grade at-risk children. Notes that a combination of whole language, language experience, and basal reading approaches. Finds a marked improvement in reading, writing ability, and language ability. (RS)
Descriptors: Art Education, Basal Reading, Grade 1, High Risk Students
Leahy, Peg – 1989
To measure the effectiveness of the computer based instructional system designed to develop the writing and reading skills of kindergarten and first grade students, Writing to Read (WTR), which was implemented by three Kettering (Ohio) Elementary Schools in l988 and three more in 1989, was examined in five areas related to the program. Results…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten
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
Peer reviewedFreeman, Ruth H.; Freeman, Gerald G. – Reading Psychology, 1987
Examines different approaches to reading acquisition used in four first grades of a suburban elementary school. Supports the use of a language experience approach as a viable alternative to the basal reader approach for teaching reading and writing. (JK)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1, Language Arts
Tyler, Barbara – 1993
This study sought to determine how retained first grade students function in a whole language classroom after meeting with failure in a traditional first grade setting. Data collection for the five retained students, plus six "at-risk" students, involved naturalistic observation. Reading began from language experience stories that the students…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Philosophy, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1974
Unit two of the Spanish as a Second Language curriculum for first graders offers learning and assessment activities designed to provide the English-dominant child with structures and vocabulary he will need for effective communication in a bilingual environment. Activities in kits five-eight, centered around the family, help the child build…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Clothing, Color, Family Environment
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1973
Activities in this teacher's guide for unit one of a Spanish Language Arts curriculum for first graders are grouped into structured reading and listening (related comprehension and interpretation skills for each), and oral language development and language-experience reading. Three small picture books for students (brief Spanish…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment, Cooperation
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1977
Using the school as a theme, unit three of the Spanish as a Second Language curriculum for first graders focuses on learning and assessment activities designed to provide the English-dominant child with structures and vocabulary needed for effective communication in a bilingual environment. Activities in kits 9-12 help build concepts in a new…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1974
Instructional and assessment activities in language arts are presented in this teacher's guide to unit two of a Spanish language arts curriculum for first graders. Focus, objective, and materials for each activity are given in English and Spanish, with teacher instructions only in Spanish. Four small picture books for students (brief Spanish…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature, Comprehension
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
