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Peer reviewedRossow, Angela; Hess, Carol – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2001
This article describes the quest of an elementary special educator to create an effective reading program that would motivate students, as well as one that would address the students' Individualized Education Programs. Allowing the students to help select books and integrating writing activities had a positive effect on the students. (Contains…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Learning Disabilities, Literacy
Peer reviewedSa, Walter C. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1999
Targeted to a wide audience, this book is a highly readable, nontechnical work without sacrificing the informative value offered by the relevant empirical research. The book is organized into three sections that discuss why it's difficult to learn to read; existing scientific evidence in reading research; and practical solutions, based on the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Literacy, Phonics, Reading
Download full textAtwell, Margaret, Ed.; Klein, Adria, Ed. – 1990
The paper presented at this conference, the theme of which was "Celebrating Literacy," focused on theories and applications of literature-based education and the use of holistic methods across the curriculum. Following an introduction by the editors, the book contains the following 12 papers: "Windows and Mirrors: Children's Books…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedBoehnlein, Mary Maher – NAMTA Journal, 1995
Discusses the Reading Recovery, whole-language, and Montessori approaches to the teaching of reading, suggesting the use of the reading recovery approach for those children who experience difficulty reading and writing in a Montessori classroom. Notes that Reading Recovery emphasizes writing to generate meaning, focusing on children constructing…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Early Childhood Education, Educational Attitudes, Literacy
Atterman, Jennifer S. – 1997
The single most important task facing elementary school teachers today is teaching students to read by the end of third grade. Learning to read in those formative years is essential to develop the higher order thinking skills demanded in the older grades, when students are reading to learn. Beginning readers must be engaged in highly purposeful…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Letters (Alphabet), Literacy, Phonics
Peer reviewedPressley, Michael; Roehrig, Alysia; Bogner, Kristen; Raphael, Lisa M.; Dolezal, Sara – Focus on Exceptional Children, 2002
This article reviews the evidence for balanced literacy instruction in the elementary years. The case is made that the balanced instructional model is particularly appropriate and beneficial for students who have initial difficulties in learning to read and write. Key features of successful reading instruction programs are described. (Contains…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Holistic Approach, Learning Disabilities
