 |  Teaching Reading: A Balanced Approach for Today's Classrooms Pamela Farris,
Northern Illinois University
Carol Fuhler,
Iowa State University
Maria Walther
History of Reading and Writing
Web LinksOld Deluder Satan Act
(http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfrnb/masslaws.html)
Visit this site to find out more about the Massachusetts Education Laws of 1642 and 1647 and the Old Deluder Satan Act. |
| | | The New McGuffey Fourth Reader
(http://www.lawyernet.com/members/jimfesq/wca/1998/4b/deep.html)
Visit this website to sample revised texts from McGuffey's Readers. Revisions have since been made from time to time as the advancement in educational theories and the changes in methods of teaching seemed to demand. No other school text- books have retained the popular favor so long or have exerted so general and so wholesome an influence as has this series of Readers. |
| | | Reading Readiness Components and Tips for Parents
(http://www.meddybemps.com/7.24.html)
This website from Chateau Meddybemps is designed to provide parents with a guide to helping their children learn to read according to the reading readiness theory. |
| | | Emergent Literacy
(http://www.speechtx.com/phological_awareness.htm)
Reading to children is the most important key to emergent literacy. Here are a few favorite books that encourage beginning literacy and introduce children to the concept of letters. |
| | | Emergent Literacy: A Synthesis of the Research
(http://idea.uoregon.edu/~ncite/documents/techrep/tech19.html)
This is a document prepared by the National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators that provides an excellent overview of emergent literacy with definitions of key terms, explanations of key concepts, and a listing of important research in the field. |
| | | The National Head Start Association
(http://www.nhsa.org/)
The home page for the National Head Start Association which provides access to the Associations activities, success stories, and opportunities for involvement. |
| | | The Whole Language Approach
(http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/whole.html)
This site is a collection of a variety of reading resources concerned with whole language reading instruction that are available via the Web, bookstores, libraries, and databases. Authors' intention is to provide a balanced cursory approach to the subject. |
| | | Whole Language Umbrella
(http://www.ncte.org/wlu/)
The National Teachers of English site which seeks to provide a voice for the whole language approach. Some of the group offerings are a national convention, interest activity groups, and Teacher Talk, an online discussion group. |
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