TEACHING THE STRUGGLING READER

This innovative book—by acclaimed author Barbara Schirmer—is written for pre-service and new or beginning teachers who understand the components of a developmental reading program, but need to learn how to put together a coherent and effective instructional literacy program. 'Teaching the Struggling Reader' takes a novel approach to instruction—the reading program is based on the needs of the struggling reader, rather than the other way around. This exciting new book provides teachers with a “road map” for creating an instructional program that turns struggling readers into strong readers.



This step-by-step guide covers all of the topics found to be important for reading instruction—phonemic awareness, phonics and other word recognition strategies, fluency, and comprehension–all within a comprehensive and unified framework for creating a reading program specifically for struggling readers.