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Read with me: investigating the effects that parent involvement has on a child's reading development through the use of take-home literacy folder
(2013-11-25)
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness that parent involvement has on a
child?s sight word development with the use of take-home literacy folders. The participants
consisted of eight kindergarten ...
Effects of choice on young children's reading engagement and stamina
(2013-12-10)
The purpose of this study is to examine how choice affects first grade students' reading engagement and stamina. CAFE (Boushey and Moser, 2009) strategies and the DAILY FIVE (Boushey and Moser, 2006) structure are used to ...
Enhancing reading scores with home-to-school connections
(2013-11-25)
The purpose of this study was to increase literacy scores through improving home to school connections. This was done by sending home literacy bags, which included language experience journals, reading calendars, "I Can ...
Time-on-task during independent reading: the effect of the use of iPads on student accountability and time-on-task
(2013-12-02)
Independent reading within the classroom literacy block is an important aspect of learning to read and may be effective if the time is used well. With the introduction of new literacies due to access to e-readers, iPods, ...
Increasing students' love of reading
(2013-12-13)
Learning to read is exciting, challenging, and sometimes difficult for young students. The literacy skills developed early in a child's education are essential for future success. Students who love to read are self-motivated ...
Poetry: a powerful reading intervention for accuracy and fluency
(2013-12-06)
Due to the increasing pressure to meet Common Core State Standards for more essential curriculum components, poetry is often an overlooked foundation of the literacy curriculum. Students today demonstrate a lack of knowledge ...
Effect of book choice on read-to-shelf engagement
(2013-11-13)
Elementary teachers who are using "The Daily 5" and/or any independent reading strategy as part of their literacy block often wonder how to select books for their readers and who should do the selecting. This action research ...
Implementing Reader's Theatre as an Intervention to Improve Prosody
(2015-06-11)
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Reader?s Theatre as a Title I
classroom intervention for fourth and fifth graders to improve prosody, and ultimately fluency,as measured by AIMSweb benchmark ...
Using a modified reciprocal teaching approach with first-graders to impact comprehension
(2013-12-19)
A key component to teaching successful readers is to create a strong foundation of comprehension skills. One research-based method of comprehension instruction is Reciprocal Teaching (RT). RT has been proven effective at ...
Using book talks and choice to increase reading motivation
(2015-05-11)
The purpose of this action research was to show how book talks and student choice can have an impact on students' motivation to read. A book talk is when a teacher or student tells the class a little bit about the book ...