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The science of reading meets the art of teaching readers Do you have the knowledge and instructional ability to effectively teach foundational skills and to support students who shown signs of reading difficulties? It is a tall order and one that challenges many primary grade teachers.
How to Prevent Reading Difficulties, Grades PreK-3 builds on decades of evidence and years of experience to help teachers understand and apply the science reading to Tier 1 instruction. The book includes:
¿ step-by-step descriptions of techniques for effectively teaching phonological awareness, spelling, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension
¿ specific Tier 1 activities, routines, and frameworks that build and strengthen word recognition and language comprehension
¿ links to videos demonstrations and online resources
¿ clear, practical explanations of the science of reading to help teachers understand the fundamentals of the reading process, recognize how difficulties arise, and know how to address them
List of contents
Chapter 1: The Reading Brain
Chapter 2: What Are Reading Difficulties?
Chapter 3: Highly Effective Teaching Techniques
Chapter 4: Building Language Comprehension
Chapter 5: Building Phonological Skills
Chapter 6: Building Orthographic Skills
Chapter 7: Reading: Guided, Repeated, Independent
About the author
Mark Weakland is a consultant, teacher, writer, and musician living in western Pennsylvania. He is the creator of teacher resource books, nationally-presented seminars and workshops on literacy topics, award-winning music projects, and more than 70 books for children. Visit his website (www.MarkWeaklandLiteracy.com) and YouTube channel (Mark Weakland Literacy); follow him on Twitter @MarkWeakland.
