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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This action research project was undertaken to determine if a multisensory, multimodal approach to comprehensive reading instruction would be effective, as well as engaging, for students in a coeducational, public, first ...