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Position
Statement
The
goal of the Texas Reading
Initiative is for all children to
read on or above grade level by
the end of the third grade.
Although this goal is critical,
it is minimal relative to
students who read well. The Texas
Reading Initiative does not
intend for advanced readers to
stagnate or regress. Rather, the
objective is that all students,
including advanced readers,
receive instruction and materials
commensurate with their
abilities. Advanced readers must
progress at their appropriate
rate, which is typically more
than one grade level per year.
The result of ignoring gifted
readers is educationally and
emotionally unjust to these
children.
The
Texas Reading Initiative Task
Force for the Education of
Primary Gifted Children has
prepared this publication to
assist the classroom teacher in
identifying children who may be
advanced learners and in
preparing reading activities
appropriate to their learning
level. Following the Texas
tradition of supporting reading
instruction based on scientific
research, this work is based on
empirical evidence surrounding
these children's specific
learning needs.
Reading
Strategies for Advanced Primary
Readers, produced by the Texas
Reading Initiative Task Force for
the Education of Primary Gifted
Children, expands teacher
knowledge about the
characteristics and needs of
advanced and gifted readers. In
addition, it explains how to
differentiate reading instruction
for these children and provides
the classroom teacher with
helpful strategies and
ideas.
In
essence, this publication defines
yet another dimension of the
Texas Student Success Initiative
and expands its goal of providing
all Texas children with the tools
they need to have successful
academic careers.
Melanie
Pritchett
Assistant Commissioner
Office of Statewide
Initiatives
Texas Education Agency
In
addition to helping the teacher
better understand advanced and
gifted readers, this publication
provides for each of the
following strategies: an
introduction, an overview of
documented research,
applications, and additional
resources.
• Authintic Assessment:
Documentation of Learning
• Curriculum Compacting
• Tiered Assignments
• Flexible Grouping
• High-Level Thinking and
Inquiry
• Visual Tools for
Individuals or Groups
• Vocabulary and Word
Play
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Texas
Reading Initiative Task Force for
the Education of Primary Gifted
Children
2000-2002
MEMBERS
Dr.
Bertie Kingore,
Chair
Consultant, Professional
Associates Publishing,
Austin
Dr.
Amanda
Batson
Texas Association for Gifted and
Talented, Austin
Dr.
Shirley V.
Dickson
Director of Statewide Curriculum
Initiatives, Texas Education
Agency, Austin
Krys
Goree
Program Director of Texas
Beginning Educator Support System
(TXBESS) and Gifted Education
Consultant, Baylor University,
Waco
Susan
Spates
Coordinator of Gifted and
Talented, Pasadena ISD,
Pasadena
Ann
Trull
Director, Elementary and Gifted
Education, Paris ISD,
Paris
Ann
Wink
Director of Elementary Gifted
Education, Division of Advanced
Academic Services, Texas
Education Agency,
Austin
Dr.
Keith
Yost
Program Director Humanities,
CREST, Tomball ISD,
Tomball
Laura
Young
Talented and Gifted Facilitator,
Killeen ISD, Killeen
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