Classroom Activities For Correcting Specific Reading Problems

by Pavlak, Stephen A.

• ISBN13: 9780131362192
• ISBN10: 0131362194
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1984-12-15
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

For all reading teachers and specialists, grades K-12, this resource provides over 230 tested, easy-to-use exercises, games, and activities to correct individual reading skills deficiencies in the areas of phonic analysis, structural analysis, comprehension and oral reading skills ... plus a reproducible "Individual Pupil Checklist of Reading Skills " for easy recordkeeping.

Author Biography

Stephen A. Pavlak, Ph.D., has taught and supervised reading on both the elementary and secondary levels. As a reading supervisor, he organized a complete diagnostic and remedial reading program in his own school district. Since 1971, Dr. Pavlak has been on the faculty of the California University of Pennsylvania, where he presently serves as chairperson of the Elementary Education Department and teaches in the Reading Program. He also serves as a consultant to public and private schools on the development of reading programs and has participated in many reading and language arts programs on the local, state, and national levels. Dr. Pavlak earned his M.Ed. degrees in Elementary Education and Reading from the California University and his Ph.D. with a major in reading from the University of Pittsburgh.

Table of Contents

About This Book of Corrective Reading Activities.

To the Teacher.

Activities to Improve Letter and Letter Sound Recognition.

Activities to Inprove Consonant and Vowel Recognition.

Activities to Improve Structural Analysis and Syllabication.

Activities to Improve Vocabulary and Literal Comprehension.

Activities to Improve Interpretive Comprehension and Critical Reading.

Activities to Improve Oral Reading Skills.

Activities to Improve Survival Reading Skills.