The Reading Teacher articles from September 2001

The Reading Teacher archives from September 2001

Writing for The Reading Teacher.
September 1, 2001... Although this editorial is addressed primarily to those who have never written for The Reading Teacher (RT), we hope it will be helpful to anyone wishing to publish in this journal. Our comments are based upon our experiences sponsoring IRA...

Text Talk: Capturing the benefits of read-aloud experiences for young children.
September 1, 2001... Keeping important text ideas in focus and scaffolding children's responses and ideas are keys to successful read-alouds. Concern about young children's language development has recently centered on the large individual differences among...

Using celebrities to motivate students to read.
September 1, 2001... Rather than being hooked on books, children of the new millennium are hooked on watching music videos; movies; sports; or TV shows such as Animorphs, The Simpsons, or Dawson's Creek. In 1995, the average child in the U.S. watched 1,300 hours...

Lessons from J.P.: Supporting underachieving readers in the elementary classroom.
September 1, 2001... Like many third graders, J.P. McNeill (a pseudonym) has some ideas about how he would run the school if he were in charge. Allowing robots to teach math, setting aside time every day to trade Pokemon cards, and letting kids eat pizza for...

Using literature to establish career concepts in early childhood.
September 1, 2001... The second graders listened intently as their teacher read aloud. She had chosen Frederick (Lionni, 1967), a story in which a community of field mice learn that each individual contributes to the group's survival. The teacher introduced new...

Correcting reading and spelling difficulties: A balanced model for remedial education.
September 1, 2001... A therapist and a researcher in Germany propose a model to correct children's reading and spelling difficulties--a model they based on extended empiricial studies and long experience in the field. In this article, we put reading and...

The evils of the use of IQ tests to define learning disabilities in first- and second-language learners.
September 1, 2001... IQ tests may not be an effective means of identifying ESL students with learning disabilities due to inherent cultural biases of the tests. Joe Sun (pseudonym) immigrated from Hong Kong with his family when he was 11 years old. He...

Literacy links between home and school.
September 1, 2001... Awareness about the powerful influence of the family on children's literacy development has gained national prominence in recent years. Increasingly [in the United States], educators, parents, policy makers, and citizens from all walks of...

Using the think-aloud for reading instruction.
September 1, 2001... Thinking aloud leads students to improved discussions, better understandings, and more enjoyment of literature. What is going on in students' minds as they read? How do they make sense of a story? Are they bogged down in decoding, thus...

We can work it out.
September 1, 2001... A boy I'll call Jeffery Peter Malcolm was assigned an essay to write at home on what he wanted to be when he grew up. At age 8, his mind wandered across several fields--fire-fighter, rock star, engineer (like his mother), or art editor (like...

Project Story Boost: Read-alouds for students at risk.
September 1, 2001... Frequent structured read-alouds help kindergartners who lacked exposure to story reading develop familiarity with literacy. One of the greatest roadblocks to acquiring literacy in the primary grades is lack of exposure to the world of...

Policy on photocopying from IRA publications.
September 1, 2001... 1. Fair use: Single copies. Individuals may make one photocopy of a single journal article or book chapter without written permission for one-time personal or nonprofit classroom use, or up to five copies for library reserve use in...

The learning process.
September 1, 2001... Miss Agnes didn't think school was just for kids. "You have to keep learning all your life," she said. That was a good thing to think about, always learning something new. It wasn't like you had to hurry up and learn everything right...