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Children who have difficulty acquiring basic skills need additional help and encouragement. In Helping Children with Reading and Spelling, Rea Reason and Rene Boote have written a highly practical manual which provides detailed frameworks for assessment and teaching which will be widely used by class teachers, particularly those working with children who have specific literacy difficulties. The book does not adopt any one theoretical stance, but provides a comprehensive and workable collection of ideas, including photocopiable pages which can be used as teaching and assessment resources and case studies to illustrate the methods suggested. The emphasis of the book is on reading for meaning and enjoyment, together with the systematic practice of word and letter recognition skills. ... Read more

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How to teach special needs children to read.
This book gives a clear and balanced explanation of the component parts of the reading proces: meaning, fluency and phonics. Meaning and motivation come first!Very clear guidelines on what to do in different situations, good case studies used as examples. Very practical hands on approach, wellsuited for teacher courses. ... Read more

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"Reading With Children" describes detailed tools on howparents can help their children realize their full reading potential.Avoiding educational jargon, these specific techniques are written inlanguage that parents can understand.Topics include preparing achild to read, beginning readers, decoding, associating words withpictures, comprehension, vocabulary and motivation.Many of the ideasare informal suggestions parents can do with children in the car, onthe way to the sitters, or while making dinner.An emphasis is placedon making the whole process fun and not work. ... Read more

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Eric Scheffinger-
I am Eric Scheffinger. i am the illustrator of Reading with children and i think the book itself is great! it is descriptive and wonderfully written! ... Read more

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Part of the Helping Children to Learn SERIES, this bookshows parents how to cultivate an environment where their children canlearn to read, and the first steps to build comprehension. Includedare questions to ask in aiding thinking, and five delightful storiesto practice reading. ... Read more

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This best-selling book is a ready-reference for teachers of reading, a highly popular core text for reading diagnosis and assessment courses, and an ideal guide for ongoing professional development workshops. The unique format of the book, with its IF/THEN Strategy Guides that help readers quickly match student needs to research-proven strategies, make it a quick, effective, “point-of-teaching” resource of up to date information, strategies, and suggestions. In Strategies for Reading Assessment and Instruction Readers can quickly turn to current information on evidence-based assessment and instruction and find ways to assess, teach, and organize for effective and comprehensive reading instruction.

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Awesome!
I had to buy this textbook for class. It's in GREAT condition and this seller was quick and it was an easy process!

Textbook
I ordered this textbook for a masters reading course.The textbook has a colorful & well illustrated cover.However, the print type-face throughout the book makes it difficult to read (gothic)& the it appears to be very small.The publishers tried to squeeze too much information on one page throughout the book.The margins are not condusive to making marginal notes until you get to chapt. 6 & then only on the left margin.The diagrams, charts, figures, and graphs are aged & unappealing.The legends are difficult to locate or nonexistant.The headers & subheaders are in such small print & gray scale print it's difficult to read or see the transition.Although the text information has scholarship, it is not a well designed nor well organized textbook.Most textbooks typically have a glossary of topics or terms that make it easy for the reader to research a specific topic.The textbook also does not contain enough reading strategies as its title implies.The book is all over the place.Which made it difficult for me to use it as a reference for my research.It required much effort to search for information to support my theories, ideas and concepts.When I saw the title, I envisioned a textbook with a host of strategies for reading assessment & some strategies instruction to be used in conjunction with instructional reading goals. I used other sources for the course such as the internet, other reading textbooks from previous classes, library books, and a textbook I found on sale for a $1.00 at the Friends of the Library resale store [Gunning, T.G., (1998).Assessing and corrective reading and writing difficulties.Boston, MA:Allyn and Bacon. This book cost me 43.99 w/S&H.Perhaps the new editions have improved.

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Would work with again. Fast shipper and quick replies! The product was in good condition. It was a used item. The only neg was that the spine of the book was cracked. Still great price for the product!!!

GREAT Book
While working on my Masters this was a textbook.I use it all the time.It is the one book I always refer back to.

Classroom Reading Reference
This is a great book to assist teachers in how to assess children's reading ability and better instruction. ... Read more

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There really is no place like home when it comes to developing competent readers and writers. And with the aid of our new world changing guide the process and the goal of developing lifelong readers and writers will be greatly facilitated. Many years ago we set about finding out what type of reading and writing help parents and other adults were giving children and how it was working, We asked everyone and anyone who would talk with us and we came up with some rather startling information to share in our guide. Now talking with parents, grandparents. adults and children about the reading and writing activities they have experienced at home is second nature to us. Through the years, we have discovered that a great many things are happening in American homes relative to helping children in these areas and even greater things are possible. The purpose of our book (We like to call it a guide.) is to awaken parents. grandparents and other adults, who work with children, to the great possibilities that are open to them that will revolutionize learning now and for future generations. The ideas, suggestions and strategies in our guide step off from the interests of the learners (which are the best indicators of what the children are ready and able to learn next) as opposed to act curriculums and textbooks which often have an iron grip on what is available for young students to learn. We show our readers how to take advantage of the great knowledge they have about their children and how to use it to guide their children's learning., and, more especially. to identify what is the next appropriate step for their children to take in their learning. All this is done in the home setting with family members participating and sharing the fruits of their learning labors. Besides giant leaps in learning, families can expect outstanding growth in family interpersonal relationships. The family is actually drawn closer together by sharing their diverse interests.. At the onset of the guide adults are asked to compare their thinking on reading and writing learning with some of the experts in the field via a true-false checklist. This technique totally involves parents with the book from the start. and parents are often surprised to see how their thinking coincides with experts in the field. The next section contains three case studies that illustrate, in detail, exactly what some very effective adults did to further the reading and writing skills of the children with whom they worked. The third sections contain some precise strategies that parents and other adults can begin using today with their children. The next sections identifies what children see as effective reading and writing strategies that are used by parents and their teachers. Section five is a summary of some ideas of some great teachers of reading and writing. The ideas here are undergirded by some sound learning principles which every adult, who works with children, will want to know about. The final section ends much like the guide begins with a checklist of some true - false items that will help guide parents and other adults to increasing success in helping their children with reading and writing at home. ... Read more