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ERIC Number: EJ581465
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
"Hello, Mrs. Willman, It's Me!" Keep Kids Reading over the Summer by Using Voice Mail.
Willman, Ann Teresa
Reading Teacher, v52 n7 p788-89 Apr 1999
Describes a summer reading program for 26 remedial readers in which each student left voice-mail messages on the school district's voice-mail system, either reading to the teacher for three minutes or summarizing a book chapter. Describes the teacher's responses and parental feedback and involvement. Notes that all students maintained their reading scores and skills over the summer break. (SR)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Parent Participation, Reading Improvement, Remedial Reading, Summer Programs
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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