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Fisher, Bobbi – Teaching PreK-8, 1995
A primary-grade teacher describes how she uses singing to teach phonics in her classroom. Notes how children are helped to integrate the three cuing systems of language--semantic, syntactic, and graphophonemic--as they read and sing together. (ET)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Phonics, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
Manning, Maryann; Manning, Gary – Teaching PreK-8, 1995
Addresses criticism leveled at classrooms that do not use basals or English textbooks by providing justification for use of children's literature and newspapers as sound instructional materials in a comprehensive reading program. (HTH)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Criticism, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Thelen, Judith N. – Teaching PreK-8, 1995
Reexamines the pros and cons of traditional basal reader and literature-based reading programs and those based on the whole language approach. Compares and contrasts classroom teaching methods, goals, and some outcomes. Includes Venn diagram showing overlap and divergence of whole language, literature-based, and traditional basal methods. (ET)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making