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Download full textEdiger, Marlow – 1999
Considering the debate in reading instruction between whole language and phonics, this paper suggests personalizing the teaching of reading using both methods of reading instruction. It gives two examples of how personalized units of reading instruction were used. The paper suggests giving pupils ample opportunities to choose and read a library…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Instructional Innovation, Library Materials, Phonics
Crown, Sid – 1998
Within the fundamental context of "how children learn to read," attention is drawn towards an understanding of the "components" that are necessary for the child to move from oral language to early literacy. Looking at this transition requires the educator to consider whether literacy can develop as naturally for the child as speaking, or if not,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Literature Reviews, Parent Role
Sanacore, Joseph – 1990
Providing young children with a better balance between narrative and expository text makes sense. Initially, children develop fluency through familiar narrative structures and themes. As the children achieve reading fluency, however, they benefit from increased exposure to expository text. Supporting this thrust are varied approaches and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Emergent Literacy, Periodicals
Peer reviewedBolser, Shirley A. – Ohio Reading Teacher, 1991
Describes the process of listening within the boundaries of learning. Focuses on whole-language methods in reading that promote whole listening and can help students improve their listening as well as reading skills. (MG)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Listening Comprehension, Listening Habits, Listening Skills
Peer reviewedHuck, Charlotte S. – New Advocate, 1996
Discusses the history of literature-based reading programs, including the early history, growth of libraries and recreational reading, individualized reading, emergent literacy, reading aloud, whole language literature-based reading programs, teacher education, and the future. (SR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Educational History, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Peer reviewedRobb, Laura – New Advocate, 1993
Describes a "remedial" program for seventh and eighth grade students who failed a state literacy test and were reading below grade level. Outlines the successful program, based on a reading-aloud program, responding to stories, writing, paired reading and questioning, connecting vocabulary to individual stories, and reading to kindergarten and…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, High Risk Students, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedLehr, Susan – Reading Horizons, 1990
Discusses how teachers can begin to create contexts in which reading excites children and links them effectively with books in a variety of genres. Argues that literature is a vehicle for creating contexts to facilitate intellectual growth and critical thinking. (RS)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Learning Processes, Literature Appreciation
Floyd, Sandra N. – 1992
A practicum developed a whole language kindergarten at-home reading program. The target group was 27 sets of parents of children in a kindergarten classroom who volunteered to participate. The objectives were to increase the parents' knowledge of whole language techniques; increase their level of comfort in using whole language techniques at home…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten
Oyler, Celia – 1996
This publication investigates what happened when a Chicago public school first-grade teacher radically changed her teaching practice and embraced a holistic literary approach. The practice of shifting patterns of control in the classroom and the construction of knowledge in a setting where most children are bilingual is explored. The nine chapters…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Oral Reading
Padak, Nancy D., Ed.; Rasinski, Timothy V., Ed.; Peck, Jacqueline K., Ed.; Church, Brenda Weible, Ed.; Fawcett, Gay, Ed.; Hendershot, Judith M., Ed.; Henry, Justina M., Ed.; Moss, Barbara G., Ed.; Pryor, Elizabeth, Ed.; Roskos, Kathleen A., Ed.; Baumann, James F., Ed.; Dillon, Deborah R., Ed.; Hopkins, Carol J., Ed.; Humphrey, Jack W., Ed.; O'Brien, David G., Ed. – 2000
Drawing from the popular "Distinguished Educator" series of articles in the journal "The Reading Teacher," this book presents 33 essays by respected scholars in nearly every field of reading research and instruction. In addition to the original articles, almost all featured educators have included a professional biography written especially for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Literacy, Reading Achievement
