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ERIC Number: EJ368772
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Improving a 4th Grader's Reading and Writing: Three Principles.
Wong-Kam, Jo Ann; Au, Kathryn H.
Reading Teacher, v41 n8 p768-72 Apr 1988
Presents three principles for working with poor readers in the upper elementary grades: (1) bring the class together as a literate community; (2) integrate reading and writing instruction; and (3) provide instruction on specific skills. Describes how one teacher, through application of these principles, helped a student overcome his reading failure. (ARH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Peer Influence, Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure, Reading Instruction, Reading Writing Relationship, Remedial Reading, Self Esteem, Spelling, Teaching Methods, Word Recognition, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reading Motivation
Note: Special Issue: Poor Readers in the Classroom.