Discusses in detail a three-step lesson for a remedial reading group of nine-year-old students. (JM)

This article describes a program in which beginning readers dictate stories to accompany wordless picture books. The stories are turned into classroom "published books" which are used to teach reading and develop student confidence. Step-by-step directions and a brief list of wordless picture books are provided. (CR)

Explains that epideictic rhetoric is one of identification and conformity in its effort to confirm and promote adherence to the commonly held values of a community with the goal of sustaining that community. Argues that students at all levels of literacy development need to be taught to appreciate epideictic rhetoric. (TB)

Discusses how career and technical education can develop reading proficiency of students through changes in teaching practices, such as increasing reading time and increasing content literacy. Describes methods used at Lenape Technical School in Pennsylvania. (JOW)

Considers how to cultivate a successful, student-run classroom library that would encourage reading and imagination. Presents ideas helpful in meeting that goal. Gives tips on location, stocking the library, including all literature (not just books), and getting organized. (SG)

Notes that a strategy of cutting up printed sentences mediates the need to both keep children's work their own and develop a bank of sight words. Explains how cutting sentences apart allows students to investigate words. Proposes that using cut-up sentences provides scaffolding for those students who memorize text without focusing on it. (PM)

Reprints a reading classic, originally published in this journal in 1979. Describes the method of repeated readings, discussing the procedure, comprehension, and theoretical rationale. Compares it with music and sports and notes how versions of this method were used in early schooling. (SR)

Describes how to teach students to use questioning techniques to read and evaluate websites on the Internet. Provides examples of "digital textbooks" on teacher-designed website. (PKP)

Founder and executive director of National Reading Styles Institute (www.nrsi.com) describes several instructional methods designed to help below-level readers improve their reading skills, such as choral reading, echo reading, and recording. Describes positive effects of reading style instructional methods in a Texas elementary school and a…

Presents annotations of approximately 30 titles grouped in text sets. Defines a text set as five to ten books on a particular topic or theme. Discusses books on the following topics: living creatures; pirates; physical appearance; natural disasters; and the Irish potato famine. (SG)

Investigates the effects of two specific Hebrew nominal word structures and word length on the latency and accuracy of grade school children's reading of words. Reports and analyzes the differences in the reading of the two morphological structures and word lengths to draw conclusions about their effects on reading performance. Indicates that…

Provides an overview of the America Reads Challenge and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center's (CSPAC) education projects. Analyzes the joint CSPAC/America Reads puppet project, and considers its efficacy. Proposes that immediate, focused evaluation helps demonstrate quantitatively the local impact of an educational theatre project, while…

Explains the Literacies for All Summer Institute which incorporates research perspectives, innovative classroom practices, and opportunities for interaction among participants. Interviews the keynote speakers for the conference: poet, author, and teacher David Bouchard and literary researcher Randy Bomer. Discusses writing inspiration,…

Encourages student awareness of the connections between their classroom experiences and real life. Develops an idea to motivate and keep track of students' findings, the "I Spy Vocab Words" contest. Describes how the author implemented the contest. Notes how the program has students keep a log of vocabulary words they find in their everyday lives.…