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Basal readers have been in use in the United States since the mid-1860s, beginning with a series called the McGuffey Readers. [citation needed] In the McGuffey Readers, the first book focused on teaching Phonics thoroughly, while later readers introduced other vocabulary, including non-phonetic “sight words”. This was the first reader ...
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The "Alice and Jerry" series followed patterns similar to the Dick and Jane readers, which are now better known in the United States. The sentences in the "Alice and Jerry" readers were short, and used repeating words to build reader's stamina and familiarity. For instance, here is the text from the book "Skip Along": "One, two three. Come and see.
Ellen M. Cyr was born in Montreal, Canada. [1] She was the daughter of Ellen S. (née Howard) and Narcisse Cyr, [7] a clergyman and professor of French at Boston University.[8] [9] She had at least four siblings, including a sister named Lucy E. Cyr. [9] [10] Her grandfather was Leland Howard, a reverend from Rutland, Vermont.
The Reading Teacher is a peer-reviewed academic journal published six times per year by Wiley-Blackwell. The current editors are Jan Lacina (Texas Christian University) and Robin Griffith (Texas Christian University). The Reading Teacher is one of three journals published on behalf of the International Literacy Association. It covers practical ...
The simple view was first described by Gough and Tunmer in the feature article of the first 1986 issue of the journal Remedial and Special Education.Their aim was to set out a falsifiable theory that would settle the debate about the relationship between decoding skill and reading ability. [6]
The Reading Recovery Council of North America, Inc. is a not-for-profit association of Reading Recovery professionals, advocates, and partners. It is an advocate for Reading Recovery throughout North America (United States and Canada). It publishes two journals for this purpose: The Journal of Reading Recovery and Literacy Teaching and Learning ...
The Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature is a reference guide to recently published articles in periodical magazines and scholarly journals, organized by article subject. The Readers' Guide has been published regularly since 1901 by the H. W. Wilson Company, and is a staple of public and academic reference libraries throughout the United ...