Knowing the meanings of common root words, prefixes, and suffixes may help students read and spell the longer words they begin to run into in the upper elementary grades. This article describes how students can use the Kidspiration computer program to quickly and easily create word webs that illustrate the meanings of common root words and…

According to this author, it was inevitable that No Child Left Behind's emphasis on standardized testing and scientifically-based reading instruction would lead to a standardized curriculum. Programs such as Open Court, Success for All, and Direct Instruction further refined standardized curriculum to a scripted curriculum that requires teachers…

A look at a project which aimed to determine whether an individualized reading program would improve pupil attitudes toward reading without significantly altering, in a negative way, the student achievement results. (Author)

This textbook is designed for advanced classes in reading. It is adapted to this purpose by the following characteristics: (1) There is great variety in style and subjects; (2) the exercises are of a highly elevated character; (3) rhetorical rules and notation, exercises in articulation, definition, and the like are excluded as they have been…

Five papers describe components of an inservice program: (1) the establishment of goals which reflect basic learning principles; (2) necessary components of the 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…

This index of the authors and titles found in all Danish readers for grades 1 through 7 is arranged alphabetically first according to author and then according to title. (RT)

GRADES OR AGES: Secondary grades. SUBJECT MATTER: Reading. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into ten chapters and several appendixes, each of which is straight text interspersed with photographs and illustrations. It is offset printed and perfect-bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: The first three…

Presents a joint statement expressing the concerns and recommendations of a group of professional organizations. (IRT)

Studies of Down's Syndrome five to seven year olds suggest that many teachers in special schools are teaching Down's Syndrome children to read before age seven. (CL)

The article describes the Alphabetic Phonics Teacher Training Programs which focuses on incorporating multisensory instruction with a more "old-fashioned" phonics-first basic presentation of reading for dyslexic children. Suggestions are made for infusing the approach into the regular classroom and into teacher preparation programs. (CL)

The continuous stroke print program is intended to lead up to cursive writing by teaching printing using a consistent letter slant and a flowing rhythm absent in the traditional ball-stick method. This approach is also helpful in reading. (CL)

This textbook is a third reader with longer words from common vocabulary that pupils should learn to recognize in print as they do in speech. Each reading lesson begins with words in columns intended to be studied for spelling, pronunciation, and meaning before the lesson is read. Sections entitled "How to Read" present the most…

Techniques and resources to be used in teaching children to read are briefly discussed. (DB)

Appraises the impact of linguistics on the teaching of reading as to approach and method, concluding that what teachers of reading need is an awareness of current linguistic ideas and a familiarity with the linguistic content of reading. Includes a pro-reaction and a con-reaction paper. Bibliography. (WB)

Reading programs should emphasize the emotional and affective development of the individual. (Author/RA)