Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI)

You can learn from Dr. Ethna R. Reid in your schools or homes, collectively as a school staff or individually.  The following videos are informative with the rationale for ECRI instructional methods along with demonstrations of those methods.  Each video will run 10 to 30 minutes in length.

Our streamed videos make use of Windows Media technology, you may need to have Windows Media Player or another player that can play Windows Media files.  Clicking the links below should launch the appropriate player.  If you cannot access these videos or you would like to view them in higher quality, you can buy them on DVD &ndash please see the Media section of our Catalogue.

ECRI Awareness (Overview).   (dial-up users)

Teaching Sounds and New Words Through Phonics.   (dial-up users)

Teach New Words Through the Word Structure Methods.   (dial-up users)

Teaching Spelling.   (dial-up users)

Two-Group Simultaneous Spelling Instruction.   (dial-up users)

Why Teach Penmanship?   (dial-up users)

Teaching Literal Comprehension.   (dial-up users)

The Importance of Teaching Inferential Comprehension.   (dial-up users)

Integration of Inferential Comprehension With Writing.   (dial-up users)

Teaching Critical Comprehension.   (dial-up users)

Teaching Creative and Expository Writing.   (dial-up users)

Teaching Literature Part 1.   (dial-up users)

Teaching Literature Part 2.   (dial-up users)