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Wright, Teresa A. – 1990
An instructional program was designed to improve the oral language skills of kindergarten students. The target group consisted of 10 students who, according to their scores on the Yellow Brick Road Language Battery, were in need of a strong language development program. The instructional plan was based on the Shared Book Experience and other…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedvan Kleeck, Anne – Topics in Language Disorders, 1995
This article proposes that meaning and form (the sound-letter correspondences) are both important in beginning reading, but that initially they should be taught separately. Support for this position is provided, and a two-stage model of preliteracy development is offered, with the first stage emphasizing meaning and the second stage emphasizing…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Literacy Education, Phonics
Peer reviewedHafer, Jan; And Others – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1991
A book-centered, whole-language approach to literacy education is proposed for young children with hearing impairments. Through the context and vocabulary of a selected book, children work on gross and fine motor skills, language, speech, audition, writing, cognitive skills, and social skills. Two sample lesson plans are described. (JDD)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Hearing Impairments, Integrated Activities, Lesson Plans
Download full textMcEachern, William Ross – 1990
This digest links the development of listening comprehension to the emerging reading comprehension of young American Indian students, and suggests ways that teachers can use locally produced materials to enhance young students' emergent literacy. Reading comprehension is the key to literacy, and prior knowledge supports listening and reading…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Beginning Reading, Cultural Activities, Emergent Literacy
Churchill, Kathy; Durdel, Julie; Kenney, Mary – 1998
An action research project described a program for improving prerequisite reading skills. The targeted population included students in a special education kindergarten and an at-risk first grade from declining urban schools located in a medium sized Midwestern city; and students in an at-risk prekindergarten program from a nearby middle class…
Descriptors: Action Research, Beginning Reading, Early Intervention, Educational Environment
Foster, Carol; And Others – Dimensions, 1991
Addresses two questions concerning whole language teaching to young children: (1) What is whole language? (2) What experiences are appropriate for whole language teaching? (BB)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Day Care, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – 1997
The 30 papers presented at Wake Forest University's 1997 Annual Research Forum (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) are as follows: "To Sprint or Crawl: The Effect of Classroom Activities on Student Behavior: (R. Allen); "Generating Good Grammar: Traditional and Whole Language Approaches" (D. Alexander); "Effective Teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Biology, Citizenship Responsibility
