Teaching Kids to Read

A solid resource to help teachers understand the basic foundation for literacy development through guided reading in the primary grade. Patti Ulshafer, first-grade teacherDevelop successful readers with these strategies for before, during, and after reading. In Teaching Kids to Read, Gail Saunders-Smithdescribes the cognitive processes of emergent readers and provides educators with clear guidelines for promoting reading comprehension with small groups of young learners. A variety of exercises included helps children to locate, record, retrieve, and manipulate information from texts while enablingteachers to measure how students respond in oral, written, graphic, and three-dimensional forms. Topics covered include:AliteracyCoaching statementsElements of craftFalse positive readersFresh textGuided readingInstructional practiceMetacognitionPhonemic awarenessSelf-monitoringShared readingSight wordsStudy skillsTeacher talkWorkable wordsand more!