Sentences with phrase «of early reading instruction»

Nell Duke's research raises challenging questions about old practices and shows how informational texts can be an integral and critical component of early reading instruction.

Reading First — A federal program focusing on proven methods of early reading instruction to ensure all children learn to read well by the end of third grade.

It's ironic: Education reformers are so united behind the Common Core standards, and yet 1) those very standards explicitly endorse scientifically based reading instruction, and 2) the focus on the importance of «reading complex text» appears to come at the expense of early reading instruction.

Not exact matches

We tend to focus on the importance of reading instruction during the early to mid-childhood years.

We were lucky enough to have Jo's help in person but if we knew of her book earlier on we would easily been able to follow the techniques from her book which is just so easy to read and gives such clear instructions on her methods.

Other benefits highlighted by these stakeholders included: Literacy and numeracy assessments can be used to celebrate learning, identify strengths, needs, barriers to learning and allow teachers to make informed and objective judgements about learning; Focusing teachers» and schools» attention on the need for phonics to be taught explicitly and systematically to achieve the necessary level of word reading skills that are required to develop skilled reading; Early identification of children with learning difficulties or [those who] need additional instruction.

Early identification of children who would likely struggle with reading would have meant several more years of specialized instruction for those children — a resource that many schools could not afford.

Catherine Snow: Incorporating Rich Language in Early Education Educations Funders Researchers Initiative, November 18, 2013 «Taking on the task of improving reading skills, for all children and especially for those scoring at the bottom of the skill distribution, requires three simple things: first, we must provide all children with experiences designed to ensure a broad knowledge base and rich language before entry to kindergarten; second, we must redesign post-primary instruction to focus on discussion, analysis, critique, and synthesis; and third, we must redirect resources from testing children to assessing what is actually going on inside classrooms,» writes Professor Catherine Snow.

Her specific areas of expertise include development of informational reading and writing in young children, comprehension development and instruction in early schooling, and issues of equity in literacy education.

Early - grades reading instruction has long been a central point of emphasis — and concern — for educators and policymakers.

While traditional instruction has focused upon reading words quickly and precisely, Lesaux's research suggests that English language learners need a more focused kind of reading instruction — in the domain of academic language — that continues beyond the early elementary years.

This special report takes a wide - ranging look at new efforts to address the challenges of early - grades reading instruction.

This Education Week special report takes a wide - ranging look at new efforts to address the challenges of early - grades reading instruction.

In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.

They are admirably aligned with rigorous research (on early reading instruction, for example); explicit about the quality and complexity of reading and writing that should be expected of students every year; very solid on arithmetic as a clear priority in the elementary grades; ambitious in aiming for college and career readiness by the end of twelfth grade; and relatively jargon - free.

Such ideals of instruction can be realized only when, thanks to early intervention, the numbers of children with reading difficulties decline to manageable levels.

A generation ago, the infamous «reading wars» pitted phonics - based instruction in the early grades against «whole language,» which emphasized reading for meaning instead of spelling, grammar, and sounding words out.

Snow outlined how early literacy received so much attention following the Carnegie Corporation's research, that it led to the creation of Reading First, a federally - funded program for improving early literacy instruction in schools.

Florida's test - based promotion policy is part of a broader effort to improve early reading instruction, which has included state - funded reading coaches, evidence - based professional development, and mandatory blocks of time dedicated to reading in all elementary schools.

«By the beginning of the millennium, a lot of people were aware that we made progress in improving reading instruction in the early grades, but that did not — as the No Child Left Behind rhetoric would suggest — solve all the problems,» says Professor Catherine Snow.

[I'm most disappointed by] funding cuts for Reading First, a federally funded program that would implement scientifically based reading instructional and assessment tools to early reading instruction so children would be reading proficiently at the end of thirdReading First, a federally funded program that would implement scientifically based reading instructional and assessment tools to early reading instruction so children would be reading proficiently at the end of thirdreading instructional and assessment tools to early reading instruction so children would be reading proficiently at the end of thirdreading instruction so children would be reading proficiently at the end of thirdreading proficiently at the end of third grade.

Thus an essential component of reading comprehension instruction must be a focused commitment to build broad background knowledge in a coherent manner from the earliest days of schools — precisely what CKLA seeks to do.

The only «strong research» they cite in support of the «Early Reading» standard examines whether teachers are familiar with the «five components of effective reading instruction,» and whether teachers who are certified and have masters degrees are more likely to know those five compReading» standard examines whether teachers are familiar with the «five components of effective reading instruction,» and whether teachers who are certified and have masters degrees are more likely to know those five compreading instruction,» and whether teachers who are certified and have masters degrees are more likely to know those five components.

Early in Reading First's implementation, he alleged that two curricula of proven efficacy, his own Success for All, as well as a rival, Direct Instruction (DI), were being unfairly shut out of Reading First.

To our knowledge, this study will be the first to document developmental trends and individual variability of early adolescents» academic language skills for both writing and reading, with significant implications for monitoring and instruction.

Teachers will want to browse through the archive of research reports and articles on such topics as differentiating literacy instruction, how television impacts the development of reading comprehension and early literacy for inner - city children among others.

Experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) played a significant role in studying and reporting the findings of The Impact of Two Professional Development Interventions on Early Reading Instruction and Achievement, a report that was released on September 22, 2008 by the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

It focused specifically on second grade reading because (1) this is the earliest grade in which enough districts collect the standardized reading assessment data needed for the study; and (2) later grades involve supplementary (pull out) instruction, which was outside the scope of the study.

Her expertise includes development of informational reading and writing in young children, comprehension development and instruction in early schooling, and issues of equity in literacy education.

«Calkins's program flies in the face of everything we know about evidence - based reading instruction,» notes Susan B. Neuman, a professor of early childhood and literacy education at New York University.

In some key areas, such as early reading instruction, NCLB did encourage the adoption of programs with a proven track record.

New Orleans — Reading specialists meeting here last week said the new report on reading research by the National Academy of Education's Commission on Reading settles some pedagogical issues but fails to resolve important controversies surrounding early reading instrReading specialists meeting here last week said the new report on reading research by the National Academy of Education's Commission on Reading settles some pedagogical issues but fails to resolve important controversies surrounding early reading instrreading research by the National Academy of Education's Commission on Reading settles some pedagogical issues but fails to resolve important controversies surrounding early reading instrReading settles some pedagogical issues but fails to resolve important controversies surrounding early reading instrreading instruction.

a relentless focus on reading, including clear and rigorous grade - level expectations for reading proficiency, frequent measurement, and early identification of struggling readers with immediate and intensive additional instruction, up to 30 extra minutes per day;

(See The Impact of Two Professional Development Interventions on Early Reading Instruction and Achievement.)

Wixson and Dutro (in press) conducted a document analysis of 42 state standards in early reading / language arts as a way to gauge how the variability in standards might influence their translation into local curriculum, instruction and assessment.

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Teachers reported that the introduction of multiage classes coincided with a shift from traditional basal reading instruction to the whole language approach in early reading.

This webinar provided participants an opportunity to identify the opportunities of SRCLP program to increase language and literacy skills of young children and improve practice of educators; share evidence - based research to improve reading comprehension of children preschool to third grade; and discuss considerations for state leaders in designing policy and professional learning to increase effectiveness of early language and literacy instruction, particularly for dual language learners, and children with special needs.

Systematically measure children's growth in the critical areas of child development and early reading to identify students who are in need of more intensive instruction and to modify instructional practices.

In some reading programs, the teaching of sight words takes on an exaggerated importance and can become an end goal for many teachers rather than being viewed as a supporting piece in early reading instruction.

However, a certain amount of sight word instruction should be included, particularly in early reading, because many of these words (e.g., to, the, of, was, there) are irregular, and are best taught as sight words.

For example, students at risk for reading problems can be provided with early intervention in the form of direct and systematic reading instruction that includes all five key areas of reading (National Reading Panel,reading problems can be provided with early intervention in the form of direct and systematic reading instruction that includes all five key areas of reading (National Reading Panel,reading instruction that includes all five key areas of reading (National Reading Panel,reading (National Reading Panel,Reading Panel, 2000).

It is well established that systematic, explicit phonics instruction plays a critical role in early reading instruction; yet, it is also true that children need to acquire a certain number of sight words in order to tackle beginning reading successfully.

Of course, not all high frequency sight words are phonetically irregular, but, as noted earlier, the strongest emphasis should be placed on explicitly teaching phonics; sight word instruction should be viewed as having only a supporting role in early reading instruction.

The fact that these assessments are strong indicators of early reading success suggests an important role for sight word instruction in kindergarten and first grade.

Research supports evidence - based reading instruction and specifically, the explicit teaching of phonics in the early years of school.

By giving an early view of student performance and identifying students who are not on a trajectory for SBAC success, Achieve3000's new forecasting report ensures educators can intervene immediately and provide the more intensive instruction those students need to strengthen their reading and writing skills — which translates to better SBAC scores.

With many schools in Australia introducing an explicit approach to literacy, this practical seminar will outline the challenges for schools, what's involved in planning instructional sequences and how to deliver Explicit Instruction in the areas of reading, writing and spelling in the early years.

This is especially true in the early grades when the consequences of poor reading instruction and the lack of the intensive reading help (a problem for 40 percent of all kids entering school) fosters the dropout crisis.

More about whole language methods of reading instruction for students at risk for early reading failure.