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Erin Elizabeth Fell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In the United States, research on reading difficulties is predominantly carried out by scholars who project findings on L1 English reading difficulty to generalized difficulty in learning a second language (L2; e.g., Galuschka et al., 2020; Shaywitz & Shaywitz, 2020; cf. Sparks, 2023). This research extrapolation creates a negative feedback…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Reading Difficulties, Native Language
Brown, Elizabeth; Rosenthal, Julie; Dynega, Nicole – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2018
This article explores a first-grade team's efforts to develop a family-school literacy partnership. The first-grade teachers wrote and developed the "Family at Home Literacy Questionnaire" to understand how their first graders selected texts and read with family members at home. The findings identified a number of unexpected at-home…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Literacy Education, Family School Relationship, Family Programs
Stover, Katie; Sparrow, Amanda; Siefert, Bobbi – Preventing School Failure, 2017
Despite sound instructional practices to develop foundational reading skills with young learners, numerous learners continue to lag behind in literacy learning. Many do not view themselves as readers, lack motivation, and become disengaged with learning in general. This article shares a research-based instructional framework developed by one of…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Evidence Based Practice
Bradbury, Leslie U. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2014
The purpose of this paper is to review the literature published during the last 20 years that investigates the impact of approaches that describe themselves as integrating science and language arts on student learning and/or attitude at the elementary level. The majority of papers report that integrated approaches led to greater student…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Language Arts, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods
Tse, Shek-Kam; Xiao, Xiao-Yun; Ko, Hwa-Wei; Lam, Joseph Wai-Ip; Hui, Sau-Yan; Ng, Hung-Wai – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2016
This study examined the influence of classroom pedagogic reading practices and out-of-school practices in explaining why the reading attainment of Hong Kong Grade 4 students was superior to that of their counterparts in Taiwan in the 2006 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study. Analyses of scores from 9,301 students (4,712 from Hong Kong…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Grade 4
Cowan, Kay; Sandefur, Sarah – Voices from the Middle, 2013
This article discusses an exemplary EL program grounded in research-based literacy strategies. World War II and the Holocaust served as the backdrop for a program that stressed vocabulary and concept development, and then connected that understanding to reading and writing. The "five streams" used to address literacy competencies included reading…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Self Efficacy, Literacy, Novels
Opitz, Michael F. – Reading Teacher, 2011
The author discusses how FitLit, children's literature that spotlights the multiple aspects of health and well-being, offers a vehicle for integrating reading and fitness into existing classroom routines such as guided reading, read-alouds, independent reading, and reading and writing workshop. Sample FitLit titles are provided as well as a…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Reading Aloud to Others, Independent Reading, Writing Workshops
Marcell, Barclay; DeCleene, Joan; Juettner, Mary Rose – Reading Teacher, 2010
Since the National Reading Panel presented its 2000 report, systematic and explicit strategy instruction has been featured in the scope and sequence chart of basals, the lesson plans of guided reading groups, and the headlines of workshop brochures. Sticky note responses have become a classroom staple, and teacher read-alouds are now synonymous…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Aloud to Others, Independent Reading, Protocol Analysis
McQuillan, Kristin – Principal Leadership, 2009
Creating research-based expectations and education strategies for all teachers to implement consistently are the beginning steps in giving all students access to standards-based curriculum and in creating readers, writers, and content learners. Reading aloud is one research-based practice that enhances achievement for all students, whether they…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Beginning Reading, Teaching Methods, Emergent Literacy
Lubliner, Shira I.; Scott, Judith A. – Corwin, 2008
This unique book emphasizes the importance of supporting students' academic development with targeted vocabulary instruction that includes a wide range of language forms and words. The authors provide sound theory and practical techniques to help teachers bridge the achievement gap by strengthening vocabulary, deepening literacy skills, and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Language Patterns, Reading Instruction, Literacy Education
Brown, Joseph; Fisher, Patricia – Principal Leadership, 2006
In this article, the authors describe the balanced literacy pilot program at Monroe Middle School in Tampa, Florida. Monroe implemented the program as part of a districtwide effort to improve student literacy. It uses a four-pronged approach to improve literacy: (1) read-alouds; (2) independent reading; (3) shared reading; and (4) guided reading.…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Literacy Education, Pilot Projects, Teaching Methods

Klesius, Janell; Searls, Evelyn – Reading Psychology, 1991
Provides examples of indirect instruction of vocabulary and discusses five guidelines for direct instruction. (MG)
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Instruction
Fox, Carol; Sauer, Margery – 1988
"Celebrate Literature!," a multi-volume articulated literature curriculum for grades K-6, intended to foster students' awareness of their literary heritage, increase their knowledge of story structure and provide examples of excellence in children's literature, is described in this paper. The paper also describes how by building upon…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Guides

Powers, Meredith M.; Bobys, Aline R. – 1978
To make sense of unknown words encountered in their reading, children must relate what they read to their prior knowledge. It is important to use children's language in early reading instruction, through the use of language experience stories that provide children with a natural transition from oral to written language. Nursery rhymes may also be…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Creative Writing, Independent Reading, Language Experience Approach

Richek, Margaret Ann – Journal of Reading, 1987
Outlines five variations of the Directed Reading Thinking Activity that can help students become independent readers of narrative text. (NKA)
Descriptors: Fiction, Independent Reading, Learning Strategies, Literary Devices
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