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Amendum, Steve; Amendum, Emily; Almond, Pamela – Reading Teacher, 2013
This article describes a year-long reading intervention with a first-grade English-learner who began the year as a non-reader. Systematic instruction from a literacy specialist and her classroom teacher included familiar re-reading, word study, and teacher-guided reading with carefully matched texts, within the context of English language and…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Intervention, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
Marchand-Martella, Nancy E.; Martella, Ronald C.; Modderman, Sheri L.; Petersen, Holly; Pan, Spencer – Education and Treatment of Children, 2013
This paper reviews best practices for effective adolescent literacy programs. A focus is placed on five areas of literacy instruction including word study, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and motivation. Each of these areas is discussed as well as how each area is relevant to reading and understanding narrative and content-area text at high…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Best Practices, Literacy Education
Vaden-Kiernan, Michael; Caverly, Sarah; Bell, Nance; Sullivan, Kate; Fong, Carlton; Atwood, Erin; Borman, Geoffrey; Park, So Jung; Jones, Debra Hughes – SEDL, 2012
The Louisiana Striving Readers evaluation assessed the implementation and effectiveness of the Voyager "Passport Reading Journeys" (PRJ), a widely used supplemental literacy intervention for struggling adolescent readers that reflects the research-based practices recommended by the National Reading Panel (2000) and other more recent…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Fidelity, Grade 6
Altheide, Sandra – Indiana Reading Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Television, Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Comprehension

Goldfield, Ben – Journal of Reading, 1973
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Skills
Cohen, Dorothy H. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Recommends a program of reading aloud to children to provide motivation and oral language experiences and shows statistically significant evidence of its success with 285 disadvantaged first graders. (MD)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Language Acquisition, Literature, Reading Achievement
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1977
The information in this guide is arranged to provide Title I reading teachers with (1) a list of materials that are coordinated with the performance objectives forming the core of the educational program for Title I students, and (2) suggested teaching strategies for each performance objective. Content of the guide is divided into the following…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Listening Skills, Reading Comprehension
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1983
The skills and concepts described in this kindergarten through grade eight reading program guide emphasize the following: (1) teachers' expectations for and attitudes toward students affect student performance, (2) students' self-concepts and expectations are related to their achievement, (3) children learn in different ways and at different…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Listening Skills, Oral Reading
Hartford Public Schools, CT. – 1975
The intensive reading instructional centers in Hartford, Connecticut, provide reading services to over 500 pupils in the third, fourth, and fifth grades. Reading teams consist of a reading consultant, two master teachers with strong backgrounds in reading, and a part-time clerk-typist. Instruction takes place in eleven-week cycles. Each teacher…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Decoding (Reading), Individualized Reading, Intermediate Grades
Hartford Public Schools, CT. – 1971
For 6 years, three intensive reading instructional teams (IRIT's) provided intensive small-group reading instruction to school children within Hartford's validated target areas. A total of 363 children were assisted by the overall program. The centers also provided facilities for the diagnosis of reading problems, for team teaching, language…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Individualized Reading, Language Acquisition, Program Evaluation
Levinski, Carol; And Others – 1982
Intended to help students improve their vocabulary and word usage skills, this book of games offers students an opportunity for group interaction and the option of reinforcing skills in an interesting manner. The first part of the book contains ideas for determining and building content vocabulary, using a dictionary, and previewing texts, and…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
Wichita Public Schools, KS. Curriculum Services Div. – 1981
Designed for teachers, administrators, and supervisory personnel for use in planning, developing, and evaluating reading programs, this curriculum guide has been prepared to describe significant features of the classroom reading program for teaching reading from kindergarten through eighth grade. Following a general introduction are 9 sections…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Course Content, Curriculum