Resources

13 June 2008

Increasing the Comprehension of English Language Learners: The Fluency/Vocabulary Connection

This is Freddy’s handout from her presentation at the Best Practices for ELLs: Building Academic Success conference on June 5, 2008. This conference was hosted by New York Department of Education, the Office of English Language Learners.

7 May 2008

The Comprehension Connection: Fluency

Handout from Elfrieda H. Hiebert’s presentation at the Pearson Education Luncheon at IRA 2008, May 7, 2008 in Atlanta, GA.

5 May 2008

Promoting Vocabulary Development in Grades 4 Through 12: A Comprehensive Approach

Handout from Elfrieda H. Hiebert’s presentation at Institute 5, “Promoting Vocabulary Development in Grades 4 through 12: A Comprehensive Approach,” at IRA 2008, May 4, 2008 in Atlanta, GA.

16 November 2007

Strategic Vocabulary Selection: Choosing Words From Narrative & Informational Texts

Presented at the Fall Reading First Research Symposium, “Taking the Next Steps Based on Reading Research,” November 15–16, 2007

24 May 2007

10 Highly Frequent and Prolific Phonograms

A chart of the 10 most frequently used and prolific phonograms.

5 December 2006

Text Elements by Task (TExT) Model

Summary of publications on the TExT Model, suitable for printing.

10 October 2006

Background Reading: Research on the Internet

In this list developed for UCSIR 2005, seven online reading sources are provided for each of the topics of fluency and vocabulary. For specialists in adolescent readers, two additional sources are provided. Click on the links in the PDF (or cut-and-paste to your browser’s address bar) to view the sources online.

12 July 2005

Oral Reading Fluency Norms, Grades 1–8 2005

Topics

1 June 2005

Word Zones™ for 5,586 Most Frequent Words

7 May 2004

NAEP 1994 Fluency Study: Reference to the Large-Scale National Study on Children’s Fluency Conducted as Part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress

Pinnell, G. S., Pikulski, J. J., Wixson, K. K., Campbell, J. R., Gough, P. B., & Beatty, A. S. (1995). Listening to children read aloud: Data from NAEP’s integrated reading performance record (IRPR) at grade 4. Washington, DC: Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education; Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.

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