Special Topics Videos (VHS)
| TITLE | SUMMARY |
|---|---|
Governor's Reading Professional Development Institutes, Special Event with Dr. Reid Lyon, October 21, 2000 TRT: 2 Hours |
Reading expert Dr. Reid Lyon examines strategies to prevent reading failure in students. In this Reading Symposium, Dr. Reid Lyon examines instructional strategies that can be used to prevent reading failure. Dr. Lyon considers reading failure a public health problem, one that must be addressed to ensure student success. |
Governor's Reading Professional Development Institutes, Special Event with Dr. Louisa Moats, "Spelling" and "Straight Talk about Reading", March 3, 2001 TRT: 2 Hours |
Reading expert Louisa Moats, Ed.D., discusses how skillful instruction is informed by an understanding of reading development and the differences between good and poor readers. This Reading Symposium, featuring Louisa Moats, Ed.D., examines how skillful instruction is informed by an understanding of reading development and the differences between good and poor readers. |
Governor's Reading Professional Development Institutes, Special Event with Dr. Isabel Beck, "Comprehension and Vocabulary Development, K-2", March 10, 2001 TRT: 2 Hours |
Reading expert Dr. Isabel Beck discusses approaches for supporting comprehension and vocabulary development in the early grades. |
Governor's Reading Professional Development Institutes, Special Event with Dr. Edward Kame'enui, "Effective Teaching Strategies that Accommodate Diverse Learners", UCLA/CRESST & Los Angeles Area Reading Collaborative Districts, April 21, 2001 |
Reading expert Dr. Edward J. Kame'enui shares the goal that all kids are reading by the end of grade three. He emphasizes that students with diverse learning needs must have access to the symbolic writing system by grade three, and that it is up to the schools to be sure all students are prepared. |
| Reading Symposium Videos | |
Dr. Edward Kame'enui, "The Teaching of Reading, the Scientific Evidence, and the Prevention of Reading Failure: Ode to Feynman", Symposium on the National Reading Panel Report and Teacher Preparation UCOP/CPDI, October 27, 2001 TRT: 38 Minutes |
In this video, Dr. Edward J. Kame'enui stresses the importance of understanding that there is a solid "science" on beginning reading and that we must pay attention to it. He describes principles for early reading success. |
Dr. Louisa Moats, "A Blueprint for Professional Development for Teachers of Reading and Writing: Knowledge, Skills, and Learning Activities", Symposium on the National Reading Panel Report and Teacher Preparation UCOP/CPDI, October 27, 2001 TRT: 52 Minutes |
Reading expert Dr. Louisa Cook Moats examines the connection between teacher professional development and effective reading and language arts instruction. |
Dr. Sally Shaywitz and Dr. Linnea Ehri, "Report of the National Reading Panel: Evidence-based Findings on the Effectiveness of Methods to teach Children to Read", Symposium on the National Reading Panel Report and Teacher Preparation UCOP/CPDI, October 27, 2001 TRT: 87 Minutes |
This video focuses on the work of the National Reading Panel (NRP). The NRP was charged by Congress in 1997 to assess the status of research-based knowledge about reading instruction, including the effectiveness of various approaches to teaching children to read. The NRP's work culminated with the Report of the National Reading Panel, Teaching Children to Read. |
| Reading First | |
Governor's Reading Institutes (AB 466) "Thriving on Excellence"-Reading First-HR1-2002 TRT: 25:54 Minutes |
Three case studies of successful teaching of reading in at-risk communities are featured. View the successes of Inglewood School District in California, and Los Fresnos School District and Houston Independent School District both in Texas. Six steps, vital for success, are described. |
| Reading by Nine Conference Video | |
"Reading Takes You Beyond", 04/06/02 |
View excerpts from the General Session of the Reading By Nine Conference. The seven components of California's comprehensive Reading Initiative are clearly explained. |
| Also Available | |
"When Stars Read" National Institute of Child Health and Human Development TRT: 11:18 Minutes |
This upbeat video was made by students who at one time were poor readers, but go on to learn to read and explain how reading changes lives. The students point out that in most cases children can learn to break the code of reading. The video lists, and encourages discussion of, components of the best reading instruction. |
Report of the National Reading Panel "Teaching Children to Read" 2000 TRT: 19:50 Minutes |
An Evidence Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and its Implications for Reading Instruction Congress established the National Reading Panel to guide effective instruction of reading in America's classrooms. The panel's work focused on Phonemic Awareness, Phonics Instruction, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Teacher Education, Computer Technology, and identifying gaps in how children learn to read and how to teach to areas of weakness. |