Home | International Literacy Association janrichardsonreading (Links to an external... (Links to an external site.) www.teachhub.com/easy-reading-strategies-inclusive-classroom-part-1... (Links to an external... Essentials for Effective Reading Instruction by Carolyn A. Denton, Children's Learning Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston The National Research Council (NRC), a group of experts convened to examine reading research and address the serious national problem of reading failure, concluded in their landmark report Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children (Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998) that most reading problems can be prevented by providing effective instruction and intervention in preschool and in the primary grades. In summary, the evidence to date shows that there are five overriding research-supported characteristics of effective instruction for students with reading difficulties. Teach the Essentials Shortly after the NRC issued its report on the serious national problem of widespread reading difficulties (Snow et al., 1998), the National Reading Panel (NRP; 2000) conducted a comprehensive analysis of existing reading research that met high standards for quality. Making Instruction More Explicit
( (Links to an external... (Links to an external... (Links to an external site.)Links... (Links to an external site.) Look Who's Talking! All About Child Language Development Language and communication skills are critical to a child’s development. Good communication makes them better able to engage in socialization and to learn from their environment and from formal classroom instruction. When we talk about communication we are talking about both speech which is the verbal means of communication and language which is using shared rules to put words together to express thoughts and feelings as well has to understand the meaning of language through both spoken and written communication. Since parents are a child’s first teacher, knowledge of language development in children improves their ability to interact with their child to stimulate and guide them in their ability to understand and communicate with their environment. There are four main components of language: Phonology involves the rules about the structure and sequence of speech sounds.Semantics consists of vocabulary and how concepts are expressed through words.Grammar involves two parts. Early Years