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NAD Modern Languages Curriculum Guide 9-12 Grade 9-Grade 12The NAD curriculum guide for teaching French, German or Spanish to Grades 9-12 includes a philosophy statement, rationale, essential learning objectives for each major subtopic, and teacher resource listing of national and international support organizations,... -
A Phonics Patchwork Kindergarten-Grade 2This article follows a new teacher's discoveries of how to teach phonics in a fun and exciting way. Utilizing many different sources, she divided the consonants into 'good guys' and 'bad guys,' taught vowel sounds through chants and songs, as well as sight... -
Direct Instruction Lesson Plan with Manipulatives - Language Arts Kindergarten-Grade 1A kindergarten language arts lesson developing phonemic awareness, practicing letter recognition, letter sounds and sight words, and more. -
Effective Early Reading Instruction - Aligning Standards, Curriculum, and Assessment for Special Education Kindergarten-Grade 4“The primary purposes of this article are to provide background knowledge about language and reading development; describe new assessment tools; share practical guidance for developing early reading standards to reduce reading problems; and suggest ways... -
Getting Action Into Phonics Kindergarten-Grade 8Shirani de Alwis-Chand describes action phonics and shows how music, rhythm, and movement can be used to enhance memory. Discussed are the essential features of action phonics: breath control, pointer control, verbal clues, exaggerated articulation, vowel... -
Helping Struggling Readers and Students With Limited English Proficiency Kindergarten-Grade 3This article examines reading expectations for students, particularly in kindergarten through grade 3, as well as strategies that regular classroom teachers can use to identify and assist struggling readers. Many teachers know what reading materials and strategies... -
Helping Struggling Readers Succeed in the Classroom Kindergarten-Grade 8Use these strategies to help struggling readers with the five key elements of literacy: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency & comprehension. -
If You Teach K-3 You Need This Book Kindergarten-Grade 3Findings of the National Reading Panel show what it takes to make successful readers in the early grades. In this 2006 NAD Teachers Convention workshop, learn about the five elements essential to teaching reading in the early grades: phonemic awareness, phonics,... -
Independent Studies Endorse Superior Strategies for Teaching Reading and Spelling - Hilliard's Journey Kindergarten-Grade 6When students are learning to read, "the precise way in which the complex processes combine must be understood and demonstrated by teachers in order to identify their students’ needs and to teach most effectively. The activities initiated at... -
JAE Editorial: Reading, Writing, and Revolution Kindergarten-LifelongIan Bothwell's editorial discusses some of the controversy surrounding the teaching of reading, including phonics, whole language, basal readers and more. Articles are divided into the following categories: Elementary Level Teaching... -
Letters and Sounds - Establishing the Foundation for Reading Kindergarten-Grade 3This 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation provides best practice techniques to teach letter sounds and letter formations.This systematic instruction ensures that even our at-risk students master these foundational skills and have a successful start to... -
Making Education Work Kindergarten-Grade 12The combined efforts of school and home as well as reading, phonics, math, writing, science, and homework are important areas in which schools can make education work. A discussion of the U.S. Department of Education's "What Works: Research About Teaching... -
Strategies for Helping Beginning Readers With Dyslexia Kindergarten-Grade 2A multisensory approach to phonics is important for reading success. Dyslexics' problems are not caused by lack of intelligence, incompetent instruction, or insufficient social interaction. What can a teacher do? The teacher must bolster the child's sense... -
The Role of Phonemic Awareness and Phonics in Beginning Reading Kindergarten-Grade 3The focus of this article is the importance of phonemic awareness and phonics instruction in teaching beginning reading. Topics discussed include the five levels of phonemic awareness, namely, oral rhyming, oddity tasks, oral blending, oral phoneme segmentation,... -
What's so Jolly about Phonics? Preschool-Grade 1A kindergarten teacher reflects on the alphabet lessons she implemented, emphasizing the fun, interactive, and multi-sensory approach of "jolly phonics."