Physical activity should be naturally occurring and not necessarily labeled as "exercise." Rather, it should set the stage for lifestyle habits that include movement for physical and mental health. The cross-curricular integration of literacy and health and physical education may help students see ways to connect physical and academic…

Four primary grade teachers overcame challenges of textbook-based science reading through a focus on reading strategies and an emphasis on making meaning. Teachers used whole-class and small-group guided reading instruction to focus students on organizational and textual features of the science textbooks. They also used teacher-guided talk and…

We tested the hypothesis that the acquisition of orthographic knowledge of novel words that are presented in an indistinct context, that is a context with many orthographically similar words, would be more difficult for dyslexic than for normal readers. Participants were 19 Dutch dyslexic children (mean age 10;9 years), 20 age-matched and 20…

The purpose of this study was to explore the relation between primary grade teachers' knowledge of reading and reading instruction and a variety of educational, demographic, motivational, and self-perception variables. The sample for this study was comprised of 388 first, second, and third grade teachers. Data were obtained through the use of two…

This study examines and evaluates special provision for pupils with dyslexia in three different settings: reading schools, reading units and mainstream support. The research focused on the teaching and learning context for pupils with dyslexia, the support teacher, the mainstream teacher and the experience of the student. The main participants…

Teaching literacy requires accurate and current knowledge in the field (Commonwealth of Australia, 2005). There have been persistent inquiries into what constitutes specialist knowledge and skills for teaching students to be literate. Preservice teacher education is fundamental to literacy development, which includes the approaches universities…

This article reports findings from a qualitative case study whose main focus was on how four 10-11-year-old dyslexic pupils coped with the demands of classroom reading during their final two years (Years 5-6) at a primary school in the north of England. Data were also collected on more general issues associated with the pupils' experiences of…

This article presents advice for primary teachers on how and when to introduce reading to each student. (Editors/JA)

This pamphlet presents a position statement by the National Council of Teachers of English on reading, suggesting that reading is a complex act of constructing meaning from print. It argues that during interactions with other readers, people learn to read critically, to question what they read, and to respond in a certain way. To make sure that…

Focusing on the teaching of reading, chapters in this book (written in French, but with brief English and German translations of chapter resumes) consist of lectures delivered at an international symposium on the teaching of reading held in Switzerland in September of 1971. The contents include: an introduction: opening statements delivered at the…

To more effectively meet individual differences and permit children to learn at their own rate, a list of behavioral objectives for teaching reading in the primary grades was developed. Nongraded primary reading skill sheets were compared with reading authorities' lists of basic reading skills, and a master skill sheet was used as the basis for…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 2,400 students in kindergarten and first grade. About 85 percent of the students are white and come from both middle- and low-income families living in an urban area. This approach to reading is based on the assumption that to master reading skills, the child needs…

Teachers, principals, and other administrators who are considering the adoption of i.t.a. for language arts in the primary grades need objective information about its advantages and its disadvantages. The purpose of this paper is to provide a list of the disadvantages which may be inherent in the adoption of i.t.a. The disadvantages of i.t.a. may…