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Families and School Personnel Involved in a Literacy and Physical Activity Partnership
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Richardson, James A.; Richardson, Maurine V.; Sacks, Mary Kathleen – Reading Improvement, 2006
A traditional part of American education has been to include the families in the educational process of their children. The needs and complexities of today's families and classrooms have never been greater. Programs and activities used with families, and school interactions 10 to 15 years ago are not effective for today's complex families and…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Physical Activities, Physical Fitness, Family Involvement
Paths to Reading and Writing through the Visual Arts.
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Richardson, Maurine V.; Sacks, Mary Kathleen; Ayers, Mary N. – Reading Improvement, 2003
Notes that using the visual arts enables students to gain better eye-hand coordination, visual representation skills, communicate ideas, and deeper understanding of the process of discovery. Considers how each of these areas contributes to the development of thinking, creating, problem solving and expressing thoughts through symbols. (SG)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Instructional Improvement, Reading Instruction
Motivating Students To Read: Using Authors and Literature from Their Home State.
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Richardson, Maurine V.; Miller, Margaret B. – Reading Improvement, 2001
Suggests a possibility of resolving the problem of reading motivation for some students. Considers that children and adults like to read about familiar places such as their home state with people and settings that they know about written by authors who live or have lived in that state. Includes a list of 50 books (arranged by state) for the upper…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection