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Item Fluency in First Grade Readers(2009-07) Pontier, Patricia; Masters of EducationThe impact of an intervention program involving sight words on fluency in first grade readers is the focus of the study. Both the experimental and control groups were first grade students who, according to a pretest were rated equal in ability. The students were from a private school with both groups receiving the same daily instruction with the exception of the experimental group receiving the intervention program. The study was conducted over a three week period. The results of the study showed improvement with the scores of the experimental group indicating the positive effect of the intervention program on fluency of first grade readers. Further research could be conducted to explore the effects of fluency intervention programs on the achievements of first graders.Item Peer: A program for reading recovery in the regular classroom: A curriculum based on research of reading recovery models(1998) Carmean, Kelley; Early and Elementary EducationMany children enter first grade without the background knowledge necessary for success in reading. They are placed in traditional reading programs where they are quickly left behind. Unfortunately, once a student initially falls behind it becomes difficult to catch up as the years progress. Once a student is placed in a special education program he/she rarely ever rejoins the regular curriculum of his/her peers (Spiegel,1995). However, Reading Recovery is an interventional reading program in use today that gives initially low-achieving readers an opportunity to receive the special help and enrichment they need to perform at the level of their peers.