The Reading Teacher articles from October 2001

The Reading Teacher archives from October 2001

Collaborative literacy: lessons learned from literature: to get along well with others, students need to learn all about collaboration. Books about people working together help in this important lesson for life. (Cover Story).
October 1, 2001... In the world of horse racing, it is called "ponying" when one horse practices with another to provide a steadying support before reaching the gate. In the maritime world, it is called "tugging" when one boat serves as a guide for a vessel...

Interactive calendar. (Teaching Ideas).
October 1, 2001... Most primary-grade classrooms have calendars, and many teachers incorporate math and other lessons into their calendar work. Our first-grade curriculum uses a balanced language arts program that includes four different kinds of reading...

Implementing graphic organizer notebooks: the art and science of teaching content. (Teaching Ideas).
October 1, 2001... Here's an approach that is sure to improve content area test scores as well as students' essay-writing skills. A Graphic Organizer Notebook is a collection of teacher-developed blank webs and organizers for a student to complete after reading...

The nuts and bolts of teaching first-grade writing through a journal workshop. (Teaching Ideas).
October 1, 2001... Dear Aunt Jenny, I've just signed my first contract to teach! I'll be working with first graders. I'm excited, but also scared. At college, I had practicum experiences at several grade levels, burl student taught in fourth grade. I know...

Linking literacy and moral education in the primary classroom. (Teaching Ideas).
October 1, 2001... How can teachers create discussions through their literacy curricula that will develop children's understandings of moral elements--responsibility, friendship, fairness, empathy, or hope? In what ways can teachers combine language and...

The utility of phonic generalizations: let's take another look at Clymer's conclusions: English orthography is not easily reduced to a few rules, but there are some general recommendations for teaching about vowels that can be helpful. (Cover Story).
October 1, 2001... Theodore Clymer's analysis of the utility of 45 phonic generalizations (1963) has been hailed as a landmark study and been reprinted as a "classic" (1996). It continues to be frequently cited almost 40 years after it was originally published....

Center for the improvement of early reading achievement: who are you teaching? coordinating instructional networks around the students and parents you serve.
October 1, 2001... Our four earlier CIERA columns all focused on stories of success. We have talked about sites or practices where things worked and where instruction, interaction, and performance were improved for the teachers and students in some of the...

Creating well-rounded curricula with Flat Stanley: a school-university project: lack of time, support, and resources can hamper the development of an effective integrated curriculum. These classroom and preservice teachers collaborated to create one based on the story Flat Stanley. The project increased the children's learning and interest in content area topics. (Cover Story).
October 1, 2001... A familiar story of a generation ago, Flat Stanley (Brown, 1992/1964), has resurfaced. The fairly recent reprinting with new illustrations, and its availability in a popular book club edition, has revitalized the old story for a whole new...

Twenty-five web sites for the language arts teacher.
October 1, 2001... I have compiled a list of Web site addresses that would be particularly useful for the teacher of language arts. Included are sites that teachers could use for lesson planning; many are particularly helpful for gathering ideas for curriculum...

Children's Choices for 2001: a project of the International Reading Association and The Children's Book Council. (Cover Story).
October 1, 2001... What is the Children's Choices project? Each year 10,000 school children from different regions of the United States read and vote on the newly published children's and young adults' trade books that they like best. The Children's...

The use of miscue analysis with deaf readers: the authors incorporate recent conceptualizations of the reading process and implement an alternative assessment with hearing-impaired students.
October 1, 2001... Readers approach the task of reading with a variety of skills and resources including knowledge of the world and the ability to use language to express this knowledge. The process of reading requires readers to transform the written form by...

Feel the breeze.
October 1, 2001... One of my fondest memories of childhood is lying in bed on a summer morning and reading. These were the days before central air conditioning. Windows were always open in the summer, and I can still see in my mind the movement of curtains...

Interacting with the curriculum. (Children's Books).
October 1, 2001... Books fall open, you fall in, delighted where you've never been; hear voices not once heard before, reach world on world through door on door; find unexpected keys to things locked up beyond...