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Peer reviewedKramer, Cindy – Primary Voices, 1996
Describes one teacher's change process as she moved from a formal list of spelling words to a more individualized program, focusing on high-frequency words, student ownership, and sound/spelling principles. Offers descriptions of her spelling program as well as seven selected journals entries to show what her spelling program looks like during a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Journal Writing, Spelling, Spelling Instruction
Download full textMcIntyre, Ellen – 1993
A study investigated how writing skills were taught and learned in one low-SES, urban, whole language primary classroom. Participants were three teachers who team-taught a group of primary-age children and 11 children who were considered conventional writers, 3 of whom had learning disabilities. Teachers and children were observed twice a month…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Emergent Literacy, Instructional Effectiveness, Journal Writing
Peer reviewedDyson, Anne Haas – Reading Teacher, 1990
Considers the metaphors used to reflect on and guide literacy teaching and learning in the early years. Offers a critical examination of scaffolding, currently a very popular metaphor. Argues that this concept alone cannot capture the challenge of responding to the diversity of young children's intentions in literacy activities. Suggests a…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Journal Writing, Kindergarten, Learning Activities
Lopez, Eileen B. – 1990
An assistant principal for elementary instruction implemented a 10-week practicum intervention designed to use teacher in-service sessions to encourage the provision of daily opportunities for journal writing to kindergartners and first graders. In-service sessions offered: (1) an overview of highlights of related research; (2) approaches to the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Grade 1, Inservice Teacher Education, Journal Writing
PDF pending restorationJohns, Kenneth M.; Espinoza, Connie – 1992
This guide, designed for regular classroom teachers in whose mainstream classes language-minority children are enrolled, offers background information and suggestions for helping these students become proficient in English reading and writing and for involving them as resources for global and cultural awareness in majority-language classmates. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communication Problems, Cooperative Learning
Baird, Barbara J. – 1993
This paper describes Project FORWARD, funded by the Texas Education Agency to develop a life skills curriculum for JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills) participants. The Project FORWARD curriculum is designed to promote individual self-worth and independence so that participants can achieve self-sufficiency and eliminate dependency on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – 1997
The 30 papers presented at Wake Forest University's 1997 Annual Research Forum (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) are as follows: "To Sprint or Crawl: The Effect of Classroom Activities on Student Behavior: (R. Allen); "Generating Good Grammar: Traditional and Whole Language Approaches" (D. Alexander); "Effective Teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Biology, Citizenship Responsibility
Goodman, Ellen, Comp.; Hevia, Mary, Comp. – 1996
This collection of papers on English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) reading and writing instruction includes: "The Use of the Newspaper in Teaching ESL Students" (Andrea Bittman); "Using a Combination of Life Experience Stories and Other Types of Stories To Teach the Writing Process and Build Self Confidence within the ESL Student" (Kathy Brightman);…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Audiotape Recordings, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills
