This annotated bibliography of 23 items lists books, pamphlets, and articles dealing with reading instruction, behavioral objectives, reading processes, phonics, evaluation, testing, language development, reading research, and teacher accountability. (WR)

Five papers describe components of an inservice program: (1) the establishment of goals which reflect basic learning principles; (2) necessary components of total inservice program; (3) the identification and meeting of reading teachers' needs and teacher involvement in planning; (4) inservice programs in the large school; and (5) the description…

An analysis of English braille as a written code from a linguistic viewpoint led to a regrouping and fresh description of the many elements of English braille, grade 2, with intention to facilitate both the teaching and the learning of reading braille. (Author/CL)

This textbook is an eighth-year reader. The book stresses cultivating literary judgement to pave the way for supplementary reading. Writings by authors such as Thomas De Quincey, William Wordsworth, Charlotte Bronte, John Greenleaf Whittier, Ben Jonson, Charles and Mary Lamb, William Shakespeare, Alfred Tennyson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry…

This textbook is a fifth reader. In this series, all the new words contained in each reading lesson, are placed at the head of the lesson, divided, pronounced, accented, and defined, with the part of speech designated. The scholar will thus have an opportunity to become acquainted with the spelling, pronunciation, accentuation, part of speech, and…

Describes a reading instruction program implemented in St. Louis in 1866 that closely resembles the initial teaching alphabet method. (DP)

It is better to give children books they can read comfortably and confidently than it is to have them flounder out of their depth. (CK)

Reading and number readiness activities for use in teaching children are given. (DB)

Although low reading first graders participating in a sentence approach significantly outperformed control Ss on three measures of reading status after year one, no significant differences were shown in the second year for a second group of experimental Ss. Subgroup comparisons, however, supported the effectiveness of the sentence approach. (CL)

Provides six carols to be sung to the tune of popular Christmas carols all related to reading instruction and reading teachers. (MG)

Describes the content and organization of a readers' workshop, an approach to reading instruction for high school students with poor reading skills that emphasizes the building of connections between students' life experiences and providing a structured, shared reading learning environment. Identifies resources for selecting children's literature.…

Timothy Shanahan was surprised to learn that Elaine Garan and Steven Krashen had written yet two more critiques of the National Reading Panel (NRP) report. Each already has more NRP-related publications than any member of the panel, and both have been issuing their complaints over a longer period than the panel worked on the eight studies that…

Custom-made digital media are rich, varied, and motivational early literacy materials. An important component of Project SEEL (Systematic and Engaging Early Literacy Instruction) was the use of tailormade digital books and activities in the reading curriculum. Project SEEL team members created computerized materials in Spanish to relate to…