Publisher's Synopsis
Updated and reorganized to be even more useful, this popular book's twenty-nine chapters divided into six major sections once again provide busy in-service reading teachers the essential tools they need-specific, concrete methods-for diagnosing reading difficulties and determining how to correct them. The authors' easy-to-read language effectively explains what to do in the diagnostic/remedial process; and twenty-four exceptionally thorough appendices offer hands-on tools for doing it. While individual instruction is clearly identified as the ideal, numerous strategies are also offered for both small- and large-group instruction. Emphasis is on direct instruction, motivational learning activities, and "practice, practice, practice." It also features:
- Reordered coverage-Addresses decoding (sight vocabulary, phonics, structural analysis, and context clues) before oral reading.
- Set of tests for phonemic awareness-Includes tests for rhyming ability, initial sound recognition, phoneme blending, and phoneme segmentation.
- A chapter on phonemic awareness-Matches specific instructional procedures to specific phonemic skills.
- An appendix, Books for Emergent Readers.
- Test for assessing older students and adults.
