Describes a graphic organizer, THINK-WINK-DECIDE (Things I Now Know--What I Need to Know--Decide). Notes that this graphic organizer helps children comprehend expository text. (MM)

Describes the Pittston (Pennsylvania) Area School District's Adopt-a-Book Program, in which each class formally "adopted" a favorite book to promote through a variety of displays and activities. (MM)

The importance of motivation in the use of Fernald Techniques is discussed and applied to reading instruction for students with learning problems. Fernald methods begin with a multisensory approach and move through four steps to independent learning. Success depends on students' motivational readiness for instruction and motivation during and…

Features television program listings as an example of a document structure called "intersecting lists." Illustrates how intersecting lists provide a more efficient means for representing certain types of information than either prose or combined lists. (RS)

Reviews professional references and instructional materials that focus on language arts instruction. (MM)

Presents 50 short reading activities designed to occupy students during transition periods between activities or classes. Lists 35 activities which are quiet and individual, and 15 which can be done in small or large groups. (RS)

Argues that Judy Blume's "Superfudge" presents an unrealistic, "generic" portrayal of middle class existence. Asserts that training children to identify with characters fosters personal and cultural blindness. (MM)

Describes the Preschool Reading Attitude Scale which was designed to examine three- to five-year-old children's attitudes toward reading. Provides suggestions to researchers and teachers on implementation of the scale. (RJC)

Examines the effects of two types of comparison-contrast discourse structures on the initial learning and retention of unfamiliar scientific information by mature readers. Finds a demonstration of the mature reader's versatility in accommodating unfamiliar information, especially when it is presented in well-structured patterned texts. (MS)

Describes a "synthesis display," a literature-related activity that helps students who are acquiring English join in the reading class while simultaneously serving the needs of proficient speakers. (MM)

Delineates options for creating a school policy on parental involvement in reading. Identifies five parallel strands based on various stages of school life, including programs for: (1) all children; (2) more involved families; (3) novelty and individualization; (4) children with special needs; and (5) volunteer parents in school. (RS)

The article reviews definitions of giftedness and gifted readers and reviews research on reading for the gifted. Also discussed are strategies and innovative practices that are effective with gifted readers, including interest assessment, learning styles evaluation, curriculum compacting, and the three types of enrichment in the Enrichment Triad…

Discusses the advantages of partnership reading (pairs of students alternately read to each other orally) for both teachers and young children, claiming that where there is clear focus this activity will build fluency. (NH)

Describes how storytelling helps children develop competence in reading and writing skills by providing frameworks for understanding text. Suggests stories that can be used, and discusses possible extension activities. Notes that teachers should choose a variety of fictional, biographical, and informational tales so children are exposed to…

Describes a strategy that employs inverse tactics in teaching students to summarize stories using capsualization guides (brief, general summaries of stories with very few specifics). (MM)