Developing Effective Reading Materials

Uses three classroom vignettes to demonstrate how reading curiosity can be kept alive by developing low-threat, high-interest materials tailored to a student's individual needs. Suggests, as examples, using newspapers, media-related articles, cereal boxes, model toy directions, or having students write their own books. Stresses the value of selecting relevant, success-oriented materials that reflect the individual student's worth., Features Herbert Kohl showing reading materials that are relevant to the interests and natural curiosity of students.
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Uses three classroom vignettes to demonstrate how reading curiosity can be kept alive by developing low-threat, high-interest materials tailored to a student's individual needs. Suggests, as examples, using newspapers, media-related articles, cereal boxes, model toy directions, or having students write their own books. Stresses the value of selecting relevant, success-oriented materials that reflect the individual student's worth., Features Herbert Kohl showing reading materials that are relevant to the interests and natural curiosity of students. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

More in Teaching Children to Read--A 12-Part Study Series

  1. Building on What Children Know 1974
  2. Developing Effective Reading Materials 1974
  3. Helping the Reluctant Reader 1974

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