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Ungaro, Daniel – Elementary English, 1971
A reading readiness program is a necessity for the culturally deprived student. It may supply the stimulation and motivation that is needed. (MR)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Learning Motivation, Reading Programs, Reading Readiness
Download full textFlorida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Public Schools. – 1977
This packet is designed for use by persons conducting staff-development workshops on reading readiness and beginning reading. Organized according to an "interrelatedness concept of readiness," the materials cover six interdependent factors: physical, perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, psychological, and experimental/environmental. The…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Educational Objectives, Language Arts
Peer reviewedDuerr, Joyce Goodwin – National Elementary Principal, 1980
Offers guidelines in such areas as reading readiness, use of tests, organizational patterns, and the goals of reading instruction, as well as counseling principals on what they can do personally to improve a school's reading program. (IRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Guidelines, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Perry, Patricia Bryan – 1975
The purpose of this study was to identify, from the literature, those factors--prescribed to be important in determining readiness to begin a formal reading program--which were perceived to be affected by working with the child in a teaching situation. A questionnaire listing the factors was submitted to the 162 participants who were asked to rank…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Readiness
Peer reviewedPowell, Frances – Reading Teacher, 1970
Notes that most parents, eventhose who are college educated, do not know how to teach reading nor how to help their children. Discusses possible methods of informing parents. (RW)
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Conferences, Reading Programs
Guszak, Frank J. – 1981
An elementary school in Texas has developed a program of reading instruction that immediately provides early readers with ample reading opportunities and materials rather than constraining them with "reading readiness" assessment. Initially, the absence of sufficient reinforcement material in the basal readers required increased amounts of reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Individualized Reading, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
Ali, Yvonne B.; And Others – 1980
As part of a series of publications reporting the promising practices gleaned from pre-elementary Right to Read programs, this guidebook introduces its readers to the format used to describe the promising practices, provides statistical and descriptive information about the pre-elementary Right to Read programs, and describes each of the four…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Preschool Education, Program Administration, Program Descriptions
Ross, Melvie Lynn – 1974
The status of reading readiness practices in kindergarten and first grade was investigated in this study. A questionnaire based on reading readiness research was mailed to kindergarten and first grade teachers in randomly selected school buildings. Frequency of reading readiness practices utilized were tabulated and percentages determined. A…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Primary Education
Chall, Jeanne – Todays Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Developmental Reading, Reading Materials
Ali, Yvonne B.; And Others – 1980
As part of a series of publications reporting the promising practices gleaned from pre-elementary Right to Read programs, this manual is designed to provide pertinent information regarding young children and reading. It covers such topics as the skills necessary for reading acquisition, how children acquire these skills, and the importance of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Prereading Experience
Stanchfield, Jo M. – 1973
Statistics from research studies indicate that boys have more difficulty than girls in learning to read. As a result, changes being made in the educational system are aimed at adapting early instruction to the individual needs and capacities of boys as well as girls. This booklet focuses on past research on sex differences in reading achievement,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individual Differences, Males, Reading Achievement
Willson, Norma – Engl J, 1970
Descriptors: Individual Reading, Literature Appreciation, Reading Interests, Reading Material Selection
Peer reviewedStanchfield, Jo M. – Elementary School Journal, 1971
Kindergarten children who were taught in a structured, sequential program achieved significantly more than kindergarten children taught the regular curriculum. (WY)
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Kindergarten, Prereading Experience, Program Descriptions
Smethurst, Wood – 1975
This book has been written to help parents, or any other nonprofessional reading teachers, teach preschoolers about reading. Part one discusses the psychological, philosophical, and historical aspects of home teaching. Part two presents the practical aspects of home teaching, specifically the things a parent can do to prepare a child to read and a…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Home Instruction, Parent Participation
Morris, Gregory A. – Reading Soc Setting, 1967
Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).
Descriptors: Advantaged, Comprehension, Creative Reading, Critical Reading
