Early Literacy part of the Education Reform Network

Instructional Approaches

• National Reading Panel
  This resource is referenced on page 21 of the following text: Barone, D., Hardman, D., & Taylor, J. (2006).
• Focusing on Reading First Core Programs
  This article describes how schools in Nevada choose their core reading programs under Reading First.
• IRA’s Summary of the National Reading Panel Report
  In 1997, the U.S. Congress authorized creation of a National Reading Panel (NRP) charged with investigating the most effective methods for teaching children to read.
• Information for State Education Agencies with Reading First Grants
  This resource is referenced on page 63 of the following text: Barone, D., Hardman, D., & Taylor, J. (2006).
• Frank Serafini's Children's Literature Website
  Since teaching reading using units of study has been acknowledged to increase students' depth of understanding of text, Dr. Serafini has published his collection of favorite text sets for teachers to use.
• Inside No Child Left Behind
  This resource is referenced on page 33 of the following text: Barone, D., Hardman, D., & Taylor, J. (2006).
• National Council of Teachers of English
  this resoure is referenced on page 12 of the following text: Barone, D., Hardman, D., & Taylor, J. (2006).
• First Grade Literacy Centers
  For this final class project, a student in the Nevada Reading Excellence Act Master’s Cohort developed a series of class literacy centers. Centers include computers, reading the room, pick a poem, pool reading, math stories, rhyme match, and an ABC game.
• CREDE: Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence
  This CREDE website includes articles from a national research and development center. Included are research principles, publications, and five standards for educational pedagogy.
• The Reading Process
  This Clark County (NV) School District site provides information on guided reading, modeled reading, shared reading, independent reading, and vocabulary. Video clips of lessons are included for spelling/word study, phonics, and the alphabetic principle.