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First Things First, David Dynak Jun 1995

First Things First, David Dynak

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During the past year, a colleague and I were asked to develop and mentor a series of workshops for administrators of a school district concerned with public perceptions of a lack of sensitivity to multicultural issues. One of the hypotheses that we returned to regularly was that cultural stereotypes derive from a lack of intimacy; when we open ourselves in the at tempt to experience as others experience, stereotypes lose their objectifying power. Over the course of those workshops, all administrators (from superintendent to building-level assistant principals) demonstrated an incredible willingness to take some significant risks — to share personal …

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I Was A Less Able Reader: What Concert Choir Taught Me About Reading Instruction, Andrew Johnson Jun 1995

I Was A Less Able Reader: What Concert Choir Taught Me About Reading Instruction, Andrew Johnson

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What does it feel like to be a less able reader — to at tempt to decode and process text when everyone around you seems to be much more advanced than yourself? What strategies might be used to help less able readers decode and process text in a symbol-sound system? This study uses participant-observer research methods to elicit answers to these questions. As a graduate student at the University of Minnesota studying literacy education, I needed to find an instance where: a) I was a less able learner, and b) I was involved in the process of decoding in a …

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Integrating African- American Literature In The Elementary Social Studies Classroom, Loraine Moses Stewart Jun 1995

Integrating African- American Literature In The Elementary Social Studies Classroom, Loraine Moses Stewart

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African-Americans are one of the largest minority groups in the United States; therefore it is imperative that lit erature that features African-Americans as the main characters be in today's classrooms. This literature is not only important for African-American children to see themselves, but for children of other races to see as well. Carlsen (1971) stated "... young people want to read about people like themselves, with whom they can identify" (p. 208). "If African-American students cannot find themselves and people like them in the books they read and have read to them, they receive a powerful message about how they …

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Kwanzaa: A Holiday Of Principles, Phyllis M. Ferguson, Terrell A. Young Jun 1995

Kwanzaa: A Holiday Of Principles, Phyllis M. Ferguson, Terrell A. Young

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As soon as Jonathan Daines learned about Kwanzaa, the seven-day celebration millions of African Americans celebrate each year between December 26 and January 1, he wanted to find ways of bringing it into his classroom. He read every thing he could find about Kwanzaa. At first, he read a couple of books about Kwanzaa to his students. Each succeeding year, he added more and more until he developed a three-week Kwanzaa study. The purpose of this article is to provide back ground information about Kwanzaa, a sample Kwanzaa study and children's literature and other resources for teachers to use in …

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Reading Horizons Vol. 35, No. 5 Jun 1995

Reading Horizons Vol. 35, No. 5

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Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 35, issue 5.

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Developing The Instructional Potential Of Teachers In The Content Areas: An Affective Component In Reading Teacher Education, Cynthia M. Morawski Apr 1995

Developing The Instructional Potential Of Teachers In The Content Areas: An Affective Component In Reading Teacher Education, Cynthia M. Morawski

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Methods courses on content area reading instruction have been instrumental in helping teachers recognize the important role that this educational approach can play in developing their students' abilities to read. In particular, these courses have provided teachers with instructional gains in such forms as a better understanding of content area reading, a stronger background on the reading process, and specific teaching strategies (Wedman and Robinson, 1988). Nevertheless, it appears that many teachers are not taking advantage of the "naturally occurring opportunities in their classes" (Weber, Puleo, and Kurth, 1989, p. 42) to integrate content area reading into their daily teaching …

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Sylvester's Magic Pebble Is More Than Meets The Eye: Third-Graders Interpret The Meaning Of Literature That Is Extended Metaphor., Jane F. Rudden Apr 1995

Sylvester's Magic Pebble Is More Than Meets The Eye: Third-Graders Interpret The Meaning Of Literature That Is Extended Metaphor., Jane F. Rudden

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The importance of providing children with experience in using and understanding metaphor is inextricably tied to the process of constructing meaning from text. Metaphor may be embedded in the text by the author or used by the reader to actively create meaning. It is a means by which children make sense from stories using original formulations rather than repeated rules from the adult world (Miles, 1985; Lehr, 1988).

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Pictorial/Oral And Written Responses Of First Grade Students: Can Aesthetic Growth Be Measured?, Jennifer L. Altieri Apr 1995

Pictorial/Oral And Written Responses Of First Grade Students: Can Aesthetic Growth Be Measured?, Jennifer L. Altieri

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Reader-response research (Galda, 1983; Many, 1992; Wiseman, Many, and Altieri, 1992) continues to provide in sight into the complex responses of children. From this perspective, each reading event is viewed as a transaction between the reader and text (Rosenblatt, 1978). Meaning is not inherent within the text or reader but rather created by the reader who uses the cues provided by the text.

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Using Story Impressions To Improve Comprehension, Tanya Bligh Apr 1995

Using Story Impressions To Improve Comprehension, Tanya Bligh

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As a teacher of middle school remedial readers, I was always searching for strategies that would motivate my students to read — that would help my students improve their reading comprehension and be compatible with the view of reading as a process. The story impression method, developed by McGinley and Denner (1987), is one that I have found to be highly successful not only for remedial readers but for children of all ages as well as adults. I have used this method with elementary and middle school children, undergraduate students in reading and language arts methods classes, and with graduate …

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Reading Horizons Vol. 35, No. 4 Apr 1995

Reading Horizons Vol. 35, No. 4

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Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 35, issue 4.

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Fingerpoint-Reading And Beyond: Learning About Print Strategies (Laps), D. Ray Reutzel Apr 1995

Fingerpoint-Reading And Beyond: Learning About Print Strategies (Laps), D. Ray Reutzel

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Young emergent readers often regard print as a prop for retelling a memorized story (Clay, 1967). This early form of reading has been referred to as pretend-reading or emergent storybook reading (Sulzby, 1985). Although many emerging readers can match their spoken rendition of a memorized story to the pages of a book, they are often unable to match their retellings to the print on the page. Mason (1982) believes children begin reading by recognizing the entire context of print but not print itself. This may explain Clay's (1967) early findings that children match print with the page, usually a page …

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Professional Materials, Steven L. Layne Apr 1995

Professional Materials, Steven L. Layne

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Farris, Pamela J. (1993). Language Arts: A Process Approach.

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Ways Elementary Administrators Support Literacy Education, Mary J. Lickteig, M. Kaye Parnell, Susan Denman Ellis Apr 1995

Ways Elementary Administrators Support Literacy Education, Mary J. Lickteig, M. Kaye Parnell, Susan Denman Ellis

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The work of an effective school principal is reflected in a variety of ways throughout the school. One area in which the principal's influence is most clearly evident is literacy instruction. Studies conducted over the years provide support for this idea. In an investigation of the role of the school principal in reading instruction, Cox (1978) concluded that the leadership of the principal is vitally important in the development of an effective reading program. Chance (1991) also recognized the importance of principals as instructional leaders as she investigated principals' own views of their involvement in the school reading program. In …

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Using Action Research To Assess Instruction, Carole Schulte Johnson, Inga Kromann-Kelly Feb 1995

Using Action Research To Assess Instruction, Carole Schulte Johnson, Inga Kromann-Kelly

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For years teachers have used self assessment as one way to improve the learning environment in their classrooms. Such assessment, however, tended to be of a private, nonsystematic nature and often was not clearly focused on a central question. Today more and more teachers are developing and experiencing an organized approach to classroom inquiry, known as action research, a concept which has evolved over the past several years. This approach entails stepping back from the immediate concern in order to gain a broader perspective on a problem; then collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data on the basis of a defined plan, …

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Professional Materials, Jeanne M. Jacobson Feb 1995

Professional Materials, Jeanne M. Jacobson

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Flood, James. Langer, Judith A. (1994). Literature Instruction: Practice and Policy.

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Children's Reviews Counting And Poetry: Two Reviews, Mary Ann Homan, Kimberly Deyoung Feb 1995

Children's Reviews Counting And Poetry: Two Reviews, Mary Ann Homan, Kimberly Deyoung

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Yolen, Jane. (1994). Old Dame Counterpane; Rogasky, Barbara. (1994). Winter Poems; McAllister, Angela. (1993). The Snow Angel; Moore, Elaine. (1994). Grandma's Garden.

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How Parents Perceptions Of Literacy Acquisition Relate To Their Children's Emerging Literacy Knowledge, Jim Anderson Feb 1995

How Parents Perceptions Of Literacy Acquisition Relate To Their Children's Emerging Literacy Knowledge, Jim Anderson

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There is increasing recognition that literacy learning is a sociocultural phenomenon and that the ways in which the learning is mediated, the meanings which are ascribed to literacy, and the literacy activities in which members of a cultural group engage are determined by the beliefs and values held by the participants (Clay, 1993). For example, in her work with three different cultural groups in the southeastern United States, Heath (1983) documented qualitative differences between the early literacy experiences of working class children and their middle class counterparts. Tracking the children's literacy development in school, she found that the middle class …

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Looking Into The Mirror: Chinese Childrenfs Responses To Chinese Childrenfs Books, Meei-Ling Liaw Feb 1995

Looking Into The Mirror: Chinese Childrenfs Responses To Chinese Childrenfs Books, Meei-Ling Liaw

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As educators are learning to relate whole language theory and philosophy to literature-based instruction, children's books are finding their way into reading classrooms (Pace, 1991). Not only has literature-based instruction become a common theme in recent national conferences and journals in the field of reading but the use of literature has also been mandated in some places (English-Language Arts Framework for California Public Schools, 1987). Significantly more class room teachers are adopting children's books for literacy instruction than previously (Harris, 1993).

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Reading Horizons Vol. 35, No. 3 Feb 1995

Reading Horizons Vol. 35, No. 3

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Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 35, issue 3.

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Altering The Succession Of Illiteracy In Families: A Tutoring/Home Intervention Model, Ruth Crawford Feb 1995

Altering The Succession Of Illiteracy In Families: A Tutoring/Home Intervention Model, Ruth Crawford

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The influence of the family and home environment on children's acquisition of literacy has been well documented (Heath, 1983; Taylor, 1983; Teale, 1986). As a result, many school and family literacy programs have begun to focus on involving parents in the schooling of their children. The public schools systems have realized that it is beneficial to involve non-reading parents in the literacy development of their children. One of the best ways to provide family literacy services which accomplish this is to create collaboration efforts between home and school.

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Teaching Students About Reading: A Fluency Example, Charles H. Clark Feb 1995

Teaching Students About Reading: A Fluency Example, Charles H. Clark

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The purpose of this article is to discuss the elements of reading instruction which are necessary for success with students who have not benefited from indirect or implicit instruction. Most articles which cover this ground do so in terms of comprehension (Dole, Duffy, Roehler and Pearson,1991; Pressley, Johnson, Symons, McGoldrick and Kurita, 1989;Spiegel, 1992) or, more rarely, word and letter identification (Cunningham and Cunningham, 1992). Reading fluency, often perceived as a rather mechanical skill, is generally ignored in the literature on modern effective instructional techniques,despite its importance. Many of the proven instructional techniques for fluency are described elsewhere (Allington,1983; Anderson, …

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Applying Effective Reading Techniques In Content Area Classes, Candace Poindexter Feb 1995

Applying Effective Reading Techniques In Content Area Classes, Candace Poindexter

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"I'm a history teacher. Why should I use reading strategies? — Learn reading techniques for a math class? Gimme a break!" These comments are typical of the ones heard at the beginning of every semester in my class titled "Improving Reading in the Secondary Schools." This course is required of all candidates for a secondary teaching credential so attendance is not voluntary and, as might be noted from the above comments, not especially desired. Even the body language of my students was telling —many of the students did not want to be there. They were content teachers, not reading teachers. …

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Bibliotherapeutic Literature: A Key Facet Of Whole Language Instruction For The At-Risk Student, Dan T. Ouzts Dec 1994

Bibliotherapeutic Literature: A Key Facet Of Whole Language Instruction For The At-Risk Student, Dan T. Ouzts

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Literature is the creative product of the minds of creative people. As a painting serves to fire the imagination, so does a fine story, a well-composed poem, or a good book (Smith, 1975). Literature is not a subject that should be taught but one that should be read and enjoyed. It is through literature that children develop interests and pleasure in reading. Moreover, literature stirs the imagination and creativity of children instead of destroying their interests. These are the basic foundations of lifelong learning (McMillan and Gentile, 1988). Literat

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A Critical Course For Literacy Education, Andrea Bartlett Dec 1994

A Critical Course For Literacy Education, Andrea Bartlett

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During a recent update of our Literacy Education program, the introductory graduate-level course was renamed Critical Literacy. While the term critical is used extensively in the professional literature, I found as instructor of the course that I needed to research the term in order to present my stu dents with a clear picture of what it means to be critical. This paper presents the results of that research, including implications for literacy education courses. My research began with a reexamination of critical theorists. Represented by the writings of Marcuse (1960; 1964) and Habermas (1970; 1975) among others, the goal of …

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Using Storybooks To Teach Science Themes, Sandra Moser Dec 1994

Using Storybooks To Teach Science Themes, Sandra Moser

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Sympathy, empathy, respect, admiration, affection: These are not words normally found in the science texts of primary level classrooms, and the emotions they name are not ordinarily associated with the teaching of science. Yet the young writer quoted above communicates an involvement with small creatures —even an urgency —that was learned through literature. And this emotional involvement was gained right along with a knowledge of spider anatomy, web building and feeding habits. Through literature—storybooks — this student learned science content intertwined with values.

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Oral Participation In Shared Reading And Writing By Limited English Proficient Students In A Multiethnic Class Setting, Kathryn Laframboise, Margie Wynn Dec 1994

Oral Participation In Shared Reading And Writing By Limited English Proficient Students In A Multiethnic Class Setting, Kathryn Laframboise, Margie Wynn

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Meeting the educational needs of students with limited English proficiency is a challenge that is changing and will continue to change the direction of educational programs. There has been a huge influx of limited English proficient (LEP) students across all geographic regions of the United States (United States Department of Education, 1992). Of the 25 largest school districts in the country, 23 have a majority of minority students (Multicultural Education Review Task Force, 1991). The impact of this increase in LEP students has resulted in individual states and school districts examining their resources, priorities, and curricula to meet their needs.

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Read It Again!: A Study Of Young Children And Poetry, Barbara J. Sepura Dec 1994

Read It Again!: A Study Of Young Children And Poetry, Barbara J. Sepura

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She sells sea shells by the seashore. This little tongue twister came back to me recently as I first experienced collecting little shells along the shores of the Atlantic. It wasn't too surprising that my mind rambled so. Little meaningful rhymes and verses have always had a habit of popping into my head in a variety of situations. I recall having learned most of these from my mother in the early years of life. In her natural way she gave me a heritage rich in rhyme, verse and song that has supported me in daily living.

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Reading Horizons Vol. 35, No. 2 Dec 1994

Reading Horizons Vol. 35, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 35, issue 2.

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Children's Books, Steven L. Layne Dec 1994

Children's Books, Steven L. Layne

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Shusterman, Neil. (1994). The Eyes of Kid Midas; Hughes, Shirley. (1994). The Nursery Collection; Barnes-Murphy, Frances. (1994). The Fables of Aesop; Lerner, Carol. (1994). Backyard Birds of Winter; Hamanaka, Sheila. (1994). All the Colors of the Earth; Juster, Norton. (1994). Otter Nonsense.

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Priority Of Reading Instruction Revisited: Evidence From A Regression Analysis Of Adult Esl Learners' Reading Ability, Zhihui Fang Dec 1994

Priority Of Reading Instruction Revisited: Evidence From A Regression Analysis Of Adult Esl Learners' Reading Ability, Zhihui Fang

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Historically, there has been an intense debate over the most effective approach to instruction: bottom-up versus top down (Adams, 1990; Chall, 1967; Grabe, 1991; McCarthy, 1991; Swaffar, 1988). With the increasing emphasis on the role of context in literacy activities (Anderson and Pearson, 1984; Lave, 1988; Steffensen, Joag-dev, and Anderson, 1979), reading research in English as a second language (ESL) has in the recent past focused on the effects of prior knowledge, or schemata, on comprehension (Carrell, 1984, 1987; Dubin and Bycina, 1991; Lee, 1986). Most of these studies generally reported significant effects of background knowledge on reading performance. Concomitantly, …

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