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Peer reviewedBrown, Kathy Laboard – Reading Improvement, 2001
Discusses how the literature chosen for classroom instruction does not often address issues that confront students, and that teachers are faced with students who often do not want to read printed matter. Suggests winners of the Caldecott Award provide teachers with easy access to literature that will greatly enhance their knowledge of contemporary…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Picture Books, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedDeMoulin, Donald F. – Reading Improvement, 2001
Suggests that the use of a personalized and rhyming approach makes reading more enjoyable and inviting to children because: (1) the sounds are appealing to the ear; and (2) the combination of personalization and rhyming keeps a child focused and maximizes repetitive readings. Concludes that personalization and rhyming are natural associations that…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Improvement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedRichardson, 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
