Effective primary-grades literacy instruction=balanced literacy instruction.

Discusses instructional practices of American teachers in developing primary-level literacy competencies in their students. Variations of format instructions; Reading through long-term ethnographic observation; Characteristics of high effective first-grade literacy teachers.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Reading Teacher Vol. 50; no. 6; pp. 518 - 522
Main Authors: Metsala, Jamie L., Wharton-McDonald, Ruth
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Mar97
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Summary:Discusses instructional practices of American teachers in developing primary-level literacy competencies in their students. Variations of format instructions; Reading through long-term ethnographic observation; Characteristics of high effective first-grade literacy teachers.