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Literacy Development Of Rural Appalachian Five Year Olds, Connie Green Feb 1997

Literacy Development Of Rural Appalachian Five Year Olds, Connie Green

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As a teacher and researcher in a kindergarten classroom, I was interested in documenting the literacy development of several of the children in my class to determine the impact of the social and cultural environment. In the early 1980's, Heath (1983) researched the language and literacy development of three cultural groups in the Piedmont Carolinas. Her work revealed distinct differences in approaches to language and literacy among working class Anglo-Americans, working class African-Americans, and middle class Anglo-Americans. The observations discussed in this paper seek to ascertain whether there are unique approaches to early literacy among children reared in a rural …

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A Role For Bibliotherapy In Teacher Education, Cynthia M. Morawski Feb 1997

A Role For Bibliotherapy In Teacher Education, Cynthia M. Morawski

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In order to engage effectively in their ongoing decision making about classroom management, learning difficulties,parental concerns, language instruction and curriculum design, teachers not only need to acquire relevant practical and theoretical knowledge. They must also learn to critically examine and reconstruct their perceptions of their own performance. The process of self-examination needs to be actively acknowledged and addressed in the development and implementation of the teacher education curriculum.

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Literature Alive: Connecting To Story Through The Arts, J. Lea Smith, J. Daniel Herring Dec 1996

Literature Alive: Connecting To Story Through The Arts, J. Lea Smith, J. Daniel Herring

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"How can I create 'living' experiences that will support my students to explore the 'layers' of meaning in a story? What type of learning activity supports students to build personal 'connections' with a story?" We, along with language arts teachers, face these questions as we collaborate to develop literature studies. Our uncertainty seems to imply confusion as to whether we should emphasize story comprehension, reading skills, or a personal connection as the basis.

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Be Ready For The Censorship Challenge, Linda Mixon Clary Dec 1996

Be Ready For The Censorship Challenge, Linda Mixon Clary

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In using a large variety of materials with readers and urging them to read widely, educators must realize that they will likely encounter problems with censorship. People for the American Way reported a new high in the number of cases reported in the United States in 1994 with a total of 760 incidents, a trend that has been in effect over the past twenty years (Simmons, 1994).

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Case Study Analysis In Reding/Language Arts: Getting To The "Nitty-Gritty", Janet H. Towell Dec 1996

Case Study Analysis In Reding/Language Arts: Getting To The "Nitty-Gritty", Janet H. Towell

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On the first day of class in a graduate reading assessment and evaluation course, my students were asked to formulate a list of questions in cooperative groups that should be considered when doing a case study on a student to assess his or her skills and abilities including strengths and needs in read ing/language arts. They were asked to think of any areas of concern that may affect the student's academic performance such as social or emotional factors. The following table of 20 questions was compiled by this group of 16 inservice teachers with varying levels of experience and expertise. …

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Reading Horizons Vol. 37, No. 2 Dec 1996

Reading Horizons Vol. 37, No. 2

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Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 37, issue 2.

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Using Vocabulary Studies To Teach Contextual Analysis In Grade Four, Susan M. Watts, Julie Bucknam Dec 1996

Using Vocabulary Studies To Teach Contextual Analysis In Grade Four, Susan M. Watts, Julie Bucknam

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Increasingly, researchers are calling for four strands to comprise the elementary school vocabulary program: direct instruction in the meanings of individual words, the improvement of students' independent word learning strategies, motivation for word learning, and many opportunities for wide reading (Irvin, 1990; Graves, 1995). Strategies for independent word learning are particularly important because wide reading offers students the opportunity to learn as many as 3,000 word per year if they can successfully apply structural analysis and contextual analysis to the new words they encounter (Anderson, 1995).

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Reviews: Professional Materials, Patricia A. Crawford Dec 1996

Reviews: Professional Materials, Patricia A. Crawford

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Should We Burn Babar? Essays on Children's Literature and the Power of Stories. Herbert Kohl. (1995)

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Illustrations, Text, And The Child Reader: What Are Pictures In Children's Storybooks For?, Zhihui Fang Dec 1996

Illustrations, Text, And The Child Reader: What Are Pictures In Children's Storybooks For?, Zhihui Fang

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Picture books are profusely illustrated books in which the illustrations are, to varying degrees, essential to the en joyment and understanding of the story (Tomlinson and Lynch-Brown, 1996). As the most characteristic form of children's literature (Nodelman, 1996), picture books hold a prominent place in children's literature because of the juxtaposition of pictures and words. Thanks to the public's acute awareness of the importance of childhood in human devel opment, to professional critical evaluation of children's literature, as well as to the advances in printing technology and art reproduction, children's literature has witnessed a dramatic increase in well-illustrated picture books.

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Simple Lessons From Multicultural Children, Joanne Cunard Dec 1996

Simple Lessons From Multicultural Children, Joanne Cunard

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After designing, initiating, and collecting observational data for two years from a program for a kindergarten class of children representing several different ethnic groups, we present you with some insights to be considered by teachers and faculty.

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From A To Z: Using Alphabet Books As An Instructional Tool With Older Readers, Gerry A. Coffman, Judy Jackson Spohn Oct 1996

From A To Z: Using Alphabet Books As An Instructional Tool With Older Readers, Gerry A. Coffman, Judy Jackson Spohn

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Alphabet books provide a literature source for teachers to use in the classroom that focuses on a common sequence of textual organization which upper elementary and middle school students have known since they were young children. These students most likely had in their repertoire of beginning to read activities, alphabet books using common symbols to match the letters such as "A is for apple, B is for bear, C is for cat." The objects were selected to match the true sound of the letter with a single or small number of illustrations to demonstrate the concept. The alphabet book addresses …

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Listening And Literacy: Audiobooks In The Reading Program, Renee Michelet Casbergue, Karen Harris Oct 1996

Listening And Literacy: Audiobooks In The Reading Program, Renee Michelet Casbergue, Karen Harris

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Perhaps in response to heightened awareness of the pleasure people of all ages take in listening to good literature read aloud, publishers of both children's and adult literature have begun to produce audio versions of their most popular titles. The new availability of a broad range of literature in audiobook form is in sharp contrast to an earlier focus on audio tapes accompanying simple picture books for beginning readers. Audio versions of treasured classics and contemporary young adult fiction by such authors as J.R.R. Tolkien and Ursula LeGuin are now readily available.

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Self-Questioning — An Aid To Metacognition, Ruth Ann Williamson Oct 1996

Self-Questioning — An Aid To Metacognition, Ruth Ann Williamson

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The attempt of this article is to present the distinction between teacher questioning that characterizes students' textual understanding (product) and questioning that actively engages students in the meaning-making process (process). It is the author's contention that there must be a proper balance between product and process questions in classrooms that support students in their efforts to learn from text as they actively interact with text, the teacher, and each other. Said differently, our aim as educators should be to teach students to think. One method we can use is effective questioning, which piques interest, curiosity, and involvement, and ultimately leads …

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When An Esl Adult Becomes A Reader, Lucy Tse Oct 1996

When An Esl Adult Becomes A Reader, Lucy Tse

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This case study focuses on the effects of an extensive reading program for an adult English language learner. The subject participated in a course designed to introduce and promote pleasure reading among English as a second language (ESL) students by encouraging them to read both assigned and self-selected books in English. Over a period of approximately six months, the subject was presented with a variety of genres of English language books and given the opportunity to discuss those read in low anxiety environments. This article will first give a brief review of the literature on the role of reading in …

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Professional Materials, Susan Cress Oct 1996

Professional Materials, Susan Cress

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Through Writing to Reading, Classroom Strategies for Supporting Literacy. Brigid Smith. (1994)

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Children's Books, Susan Cress Oct 1996

Children's Books, Susan Cress

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Fiona Raps It Up. Frank Remkiewicz. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, (1995); Badger's Bring Something Party. Hiawyn Oram. Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard, (1995); Yours Till Banana Splits, The Gator Girls, and My New Kitten. Joanna Cole. William Morrow and Company. (1995); Counting Wildflowers. Bruce McMillan. William Morrow and Company, (1995); Armadillo Rodeo. Jan Brett. G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1995)

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Creating Metacognitive Experiences During Written Communication: Positive Self-Talk Using The Thinking Mirror, Jane A. Haugh, Jan Pawtowski Oct 1996

Creating Metacognitive Experiences During Written Communication: Positive Self-Talk Using The Thinking Mirror, Jane A. Haugh, Jan Pawtowski

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Theoretically, when children see themselves in the thinking mirror and say positive thoughts to themselves about their communicative behaviors, they may activate a variety of cognitive events. Positive self-talk using the thinking mirror may act as a metacognitive experience triggering positive thoughts, feelings, and sensations that may contribute to children's permanent metacognitive knowledge, clarify their cognitive goals, and initiate cognitive actions during written communication. Such positive experiences may strengthen children's intrinsic motivation to communicate thoughts during subsequent writing and reading endeavors.

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Limited English Proficient Children's Literacy Acquisition And Parental Involvement: A Tutoring/Family Literacy Model, Ping Liu Oct 1996

Limited English Proficient Children's Literacy Acquisition And Parental Involvement: A Tutoring/Family Literacy Model, Ping Liu

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Students' academic performance at school is closely related to the family literacy environment and their parents' educational levels. Home is the place where children spend most of their time while growing up, parents being their primary "teachers" (Three R's Plus, 1978). Unfortunately, not all children enjoy a literacy-rich home environment that strongly supports their academic growth. Many parents missed the opportunity to receive a good education, and are, therefore, unable to provide the academic help their children need in completing their school work. This is an especially severe issue with many parents whose English proficiency, educational level, and cultural differences …

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Reading Horizons Vol. 37, No. 1 Sep 1996

Reading Horizons Vol. 37, No. 1

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 37, issue 1.

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Reading Horizons Vol. 36, No. 5 Jun 1996

Reading Horizons Vol. 36, No. 5

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 36, issue 5.

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Empower: A Framework For Teaching And Learning With Text In High School And College Classrooms, Wayne M. Linek, Mary Beth Sampson, Michael Sampson, Kathleen A.J. Mohr, Lois Botha Jun 1996

Empower: A Framework For Teaching And Learning With Text In High School And College Classrooms, Wayne M. Linek, Mary Beth Sampson, Michael Sampson, Kathleen A.J. Mohr, Lois Botha

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Students are frequently expected to deal with information that does not fit into their current schemata or cognitive structures. For example, students are often frustrated when asked to make sense out of challenging expository text. Such a high level demand often results in dissonance that may deter many learners. This may be due to a lack of knowing how to impose order on information found in text and often results in a lack of comprehension and understanding. Many in structors at all levels currently resort to round robin reading, lecturing, and reading texts aloud in their classes because of their …

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Language And Mathematics: A Natural Connection For Achieving Literacy., Eula Ewing Monroe Jun 1996

Language And Mathematics: A Natural Connection For Achieving Literacy., Eula Ewing Monroe

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Time for a change Regie Routman, in Transitions (1988), stated that "our schools are turning out functional literates, children who can read and write in school, but who do not necessarily read and write in other contexts. These students may do reasonably well at word calling, but they have no real understanding of what the words convey. It is time for a change" (p. 15).

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Using Literature To Build First Grade Math Concepts, Gwyn E. Lightsey Jun 1996

Using Literature To Build First Grade Math Concepts, Gwyn E. Lightsey

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In the last decade, many elementary teachers have advocated a holistic approach to education. Teachers use thematic units to incorporate reading and writing into all areas of the curriculum. However, teachers have often continued to teach mathematics in isolation. Traditionally, the math program consisted of instruction in finding answers to textbook math problems and memorizing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Except for learning to count money or tell time, math seemed to have little application for children in daily life. The majority of the math curriculum was made up of skills, but the language for understanding mathematics was neglected. …

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Integrating Art And Literature Through Multicultural Studies: Focusing On Native American Sioux Culture., Barbara Erwin, Pat Smith Hopper, Marcia Kauffman Jun 1996

Integrating Art And Literature Through Multicultural Studies: Focusing On Native American Sioux Culture., Barbara Erwin, Pat Smith Hopper, Marcia Kauffman

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The fourth-grade classroom brims with movement and noise. One group of students — Angel, Cheryl, Qwatwana, Lee P., Christy, and Paul — sit at a table formed by pushing desks together. The group brainstorms with the professor the title and content of their story about Iktomi the Trickster. They ultimately decide to call their story Iktomi and the Blanket. The story begins as Paul Goble suggests in his retelling of Iktomi and the Boulder, "Iktomi was walking along." By the end of the day, they have written a first draft of their story.

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A Case Grammar Analysis Of The Representation Of African-Americans In Current Fifth Grade Social Studies Textbooks., Patrick P. Mccabe Jun 1996

A Case Grammar Analysis Of The Representation Of African-Americans In Current Fifth Grade Social Studies Textbooks., Patrick P. Mccabe

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The portrayal of ethnic minorities in American history textbooks has been examined over recent years by numerous researchers (Banks, 1969; Agostino and Barone, 1985; Garcia and Tanner, 1985; Garcia, 1986; Lamott, 1988; Thomas and Alawiye, 1993). Most of these studies have focused upon factual veracity and the selection of life roles through which certain groups have been portrayed. Life roles include employment, daily routines, and positions of prominence achieved.

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Author Index May 1996

Author Index

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Index to authors in volume 36.

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Article Index May 1996

Article Index

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Index to articles in volume 36.

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Children's Development Of Printed Word Knowledge In Sentence-Based Reading Approaches., Darrell Morris Apr 1996

Children's Development Of Printed Word Knowledge In Sentence-Based Reading Approaches., Darrell Morris

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In the second week of school, Ms. Baker stands before a large easel chart in her first grade classroom and leads her 23 students in choral reading a class-dictated experience story. (Note: Ms. Baker is a pseudonym for an experienced teacher whom the author worked with over the course of a school year.)

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Documenting And Evaluating Oral Language Development In The Classroom., Ruth Crawford Apr 1996

Documenting And Evaluating Oral Language Development In The Classroom., Ruth Crawford

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These comments were made by parents discussing the necessity of creating a school-wide program of documenting and evaluating oral language. They articulate two very real concerns common to parents and educators alike: How is oral language valued and evaluated in the classroom? Concerns such as these confirm that it is not enough for teachers to simply expound the virtues of oral language or even to place check marks on report cards. In order to insure that oral language be given its rightful place in the curriculum, teachers must implement validated programs that contain documentation and evaluation.

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Student Choices: Book Selection Strategies Of Fourth Graders, Sherry Kragler, Christine Nolley Apr 1996

Student Choices: Book Selection Strategies Of Fourth Graders, Sherry Kragler, Christine Nolley

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In many literature-based reading programs, students are encouraged to self-select their own reading materials. However, self-selection causes apprehensions for many teachers. They are concerned not only about their students' ability to select books that are appropriate for their reading level but they are also concerned about the types of books the students may choose. Consequently many teachers may decide to use anthologies or whole class texts where they maintain some control over the students' reading material. However, student interest and student choice should be an integral part of an elementary reading program if students are going to beturned onto reading …

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