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Campbell, Terry; Hlusek, Michelle – Reading Teacher, 2015
In the classroom experiences described in this article, grade three students were introduced to storytelling through the interactive read aloud of a mentor text and a storytelling demonstration, followed by daily collaborative activities involving listening, speaking, reading, and writing, culminating in dramatic storytelling performances. The…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Reading Fluency, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Gulla, Amanda N. – English Journal, 2012
For many teachers of middle school and high school, the greatest challenge they face in trying to help struggling readers improve their skills can be students' self-perception. When young people do not see themselves as members of the "literacy club," it is not just a simple matter of persuading them that becoming a fluent reader is…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Ethnography, Vocational High Schools, Experiential Learning
Kosanovich, Marcia; Weinstein, Connie; Goldman, Elizabeth – Center on Instruction, 2009
This guide was produced by the Center on Instruction for technical assistance providers and others who work with state education leaders to improve reading achievement among elementary school students. It describes a suite of "Student Center Activities" (SCAs) designed to offer K-5 classroom teachers a wide range of activities that can…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Directed Reading Activity, Reading Instruction
Kelley, Michelle J.; Clausen-Grace, Nicki – Reading Teacher, 2009
The authors provide teachers with a rationale for engaging students in independent reading using a differentiated approach. By profiling types of readers, sharing observational tools, and offering teaching suggestions for each type of reader the authors give practical suggestions to facilitate reading engagement and make independent reading more…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Reading Attitudes, Learner Engagement, Student Motivation

Bergman, Janet L.; Schuder, Ted – Educational Leadership, 1993
A Maryland school system developed a program called "Students Achieving Independent Learning" (SAIL) to help low-achieving students learn how to read. SAIL helps students become successful readers by showing them steps they can take throughout the reading process to increase their understanding. (13 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Low Achievement, Reading Instruction
Iaquinta, Anita – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2006
The purpose of this article was to illuminate for early childhood teacher practitioners how guided reading, as a research-based approach to reading instruction, could address the challenges of early reading instruction. The early years are the focus for the prevention of reading difficulties and research conducted over the past two decades has…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Reading Instruction, Early Childhood Education, Prevention
Avalos, Mary A.; Plasencia, Alina; Chavez, Celina; Rascon, Josefa – Reading Teacher, 2007
Guided reading is an important component of a comprehensive literacy program. Using this approach to reading instruction is beneficial to all students, including English-language learners (ELLs). While guided reading is generally used in the early elementary grades, this approach is recommended for ELLs of all ages when appropriate methods and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Language Skills, Reading Instruction, English (Second Language)
Fade, P. – 1979
The student of English as a second language in the French school system is confronted with morpho-syntactic and lexical difficulties when he or she reads texts on the university level. In addition to these difficulties, the method of approaching the text may also prove to be a problem. A method is outlined to help the student achieve an active and…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Directed Reading Activity, English (Second Language), French
Baugo Community Schools, Elkhart, IN. – 1975
The objective of this project for kindergarten through fifth grade is to interest public and private educational institutions in the systematization of elementary school reading programs. Facets of Systems Directed Reading (SDR) include the use of a differentiated staffing pattern; experienced language arts unit leaders guiding and directing all…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Development
Naumann, Nancy – Learning, 1980
A third-grade teacher's account of her struggle to determine the most appropriate methods for teaching reading skills includes grouping techniques, methods for creating interest in reading among the students, techniques for diagnosing reading levels, and a fifth dimensional approach to teaching beginning reading. (JN)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education

Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1975
A workable plan to help social studies teachers develop the competencies they will need to teach students to read social studies materials in grades K through 12 is provided in this document. A directed reading lesson is included which suggests practical techniques for improving reading skills. A unit sample and some suggested techniques for…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Secondary Education

Meyer, Linda A. – Elementary School Journal, 1986
Reviews research on elementary school teachers' feedback to students' miscues in basal and content area reading. Describes the sustained feedback paradigm that developed from the Direct Instruction Programs. (Author/HOD)
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Error Analysis (Language), Feedback
Pearson, Craig – Learning, 1980
The systems approach to learning used in the majority of classrooms today redefines reading as its component skills. Two different approaches developed by teachers to teach reading as the sum of its components are presented. (JN)
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Reading Achievement

Klemp, Ronald A. – Middle School Journal, 1997
Describes how Directed Reading Sequence, a small group cooperative learning method for teaching reading to low achieving students, may be used effectively in middle schools. Presents suggestions for group formation and the four-step Directed Reading Sequence: (1) selecting selection; (2) establishing the roles; (3) intermittent use; and (4)…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Cooperative Learning, Directed Reading Activity, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Grey, Jeanne; Carbone, Carole – Illinois Schools Journal, 1987
Reading is a tool for learning. The goal for the teaching of reading must be to produce lovers of reading. A holistic approach should replace exclusive dependence on basal readers. Effective methods are the following: (1) language experience approach; (2) word banks; (3) pattern books; (4) sustained silent reading; and (5) directed…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Holistic Approach, Language Experience Approach
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