The article describes a procedure for teaching sound-letter relations and sound blending through a verbal/gestural prompting system and a variation of melodic intonation therapy (in which students learn simultaneously to talk and hum a monotone note). The three-step procedure features demonstration, prompting, and practice. (CL)

Notes that the language of reading education contains many acronyms and initials, leading to confusion among professionals as well as noneducators. Proposes, humorously, a generic acronym, FUSS, based on sound psychology of reading. (FL)

Examples are presented of lessons intended to help learning disabled students develop such critical reading skills as distinguishing fact from opinion, identifying propaganda techniques, and understanding figurative language. The lessons are designed to remedy the frequent over-reliance on questions calling for immediate recall rather than…

Describes how Carl Jung's four personality types might relate to the selection of particular reading instruction methods. (RB)

This paper considers the role of realism, idealism, experimentalism, and existentialism in the teaching of reading. The paper first discusses realism, noting that reading specialists who are realists desire to have objectives stated in measurable terms--in state mandated tests the tests are to be aligned with the stated objectives. In idealism,…

Questions the degree to which intensive emotional emphasis on successfully learning to read contributes to reading failure and discusses some potential outcomes of permitting students to reject reading. (TO)

School districts throughout the State that have established reading labs report substantial grade level gains by students in relatively short periods of time. (Author)

Review of Paulo Freire's method of instruction. (MM)

Author discusses the many methods and approaches in teaching reading and concludes that it is the teacher that makes the difference. (MB)

A review of the new educational television show, The Electric Company", by the Chicago Tribune's Child Care Editor. (AK)

Three members of the staff of the Children's Television Workshop answer questions about the new series, The Electric Company." (AK)