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EJ642838 CS762220
Title: Assessing Student Achievement in Spelling.
Author(s) Ediger, Marlow
Source: Reading Improvement, v38 n4 p183-87 Win 2001
Publication Date: 2001
ISSN: 0034-0510
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--Non-classroom (055); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJAUG2002
Analyzes different approaches to assess learner achievement in the spelling
curriculum. Considers the assessment of spelling and the basal textbook; using
spelling words for student mastery based on research; individualized spelling;
use of spelling words in context; standardized testing to notice student achievement
in spelling; teaching spelling to students as needed; and computer use and the
spelling curriculum. (SG)
Descriptors: *Academic Achievement; Basal Reading; Computer Assisted Instruction;
Elementary Education; *Spelling; Standardized Tests; *Student Evaluation; Writing
Readiness
Notes that humor and hope can produce an interest in reading and writing in
children. Presents ideas for developing interest in language arts as well as
suggested poems, picture books, and beginning chapter books. Also includes classroom
suggestions for developing the four needs of beginning writers: ideas, words,
structures, and spelling. (LBT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education; *Humor; *Language Arts; *Literacy; *Reading
Attitudes; Reading Interests; Reading Readiness; *Writing Attitudes; Writing
Readiness; Writing Skills
Identifiers: *Hope; Lifelong Readers; Lifelong Writers
EJ572297 PS528149
Title: It's Never Too Soon: Building a Firm Foundation for Reading and Writing.
Author(s) Barclay, Kathy; Benelli, Cecilia; Gudt, Pamela Terry
Source: Children and Families, v17 n3 p38-40,42,44-46 Sum 1998
Publication Date: 1998
ISSN: 1091-7578
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Discusses emergent literacy development, which includes meaningful literacy-related
activities involving oral language, reading, and writing. Offers suggestions
for fostering children's development in each area, such as the use of picture
books and puppets for vocabulary development; reading aloud and discussing children's
literature; and providing ample paper, crayons, and markers to stimulate children's
natural interest in writing. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading; Early Childhood Education; *Emergent Literacy; Handwriting; *Language Acquisition; Learning Activities; Oral Language; Prereading Experience; Reading Aloud to Others; *Reading Readiness; *Vocabulary Development; *Writing Readiness
EJ567791 PS527865
Title: This is My Name.
Author(s) Green, Connie R.
Source: Childhood Education, v74 n4 p226-31 Sum 1998
Publication Date: 1998
ISSN: 0009-4056
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Notes that names are the first words most children write and that learning
to write their name can be highly motivating for preschoolers. Addresses: why
preschool children should be encouraged to write their names; organizing and
facilitating the sign-in process at school; how children develop their ability
to write their names; and the benefits of a sign-in procedure. (TJQ)
Descriptors: *Handwriting; Language Acquisition; Letters (Alphabet); Preschool
Education; *Writing Improvement; *Writing Readiness; *Writing Skills
Identifiers: *Identity (Psychological); Identity Formation; *Names
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