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A step-by-step guide to early literacy to help students get...
About the author
Bob Algozzine, special needs expert and professor of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina, works with educators to improve learning conditions of the academically challenged. In addition to earning his PhD in Education, Mr. Algozzine has acquired over 25 years of experience in educational research. Today, he is a staff developer, conference speaker, and educational consultant in North Carolina, and lives near Charlotte. Mary Beth Marr, Professor of Literary Education at Meredith College, conducts research on early literacy and struggling readers. She lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tina McClanahan is an expert on literacy education for young children, particularly between Pre-K and Second Grade. She currently lives in Matthews, North Carolina, with her family. Emme Barnes is a literacy facilitator at her elementary school in North Carolina. She specializes in students between first and second grade, and has received the Ten Outstanding Young Charlotteans Award for her contributions to elementary literacy. Ms. Barnes now works as an educator in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Summary
"A teacher could pick up this book and immediately use the activities to help children improve. There is differentiation for each activity, ensuring that this book can be used successfully in the classroom." —Jessie Fries-Kraemer, Literacy Teacher
This practical, hands-on guide shows teachers how to use research-proven strategies and structured lessons to teach basic early reading skills. The authors provide an extensive array of lessons, strategies, tips, and supplementary materials to help educators strengthen students' skills in areas identified by the popular assessment system DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills).
Elementary school teachers can use DIBELS to quickly assess the critical skills underlying early reading success:
- Letter naming fluency
- Initial sound fluency
- Phoneme segmentation fluency
- Nonsense word fluency
- Oral reading fluency
The materials are designed for students with any type of reading difficulty, including students with learning disabilities, but are equally appropriate for students of any ability level.
