Targeting Reading Accuracy
Bernadette McLean and Rosie Wood (SLT)
This is an accessible guide to the essential skills for fluent reading. It offers practical and structured support that will help teachers to enable struggling readers to identify and develop individual strategies. Suitable for upper primary and lower secondary pupils. In the book you will find:
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A system to enable readers to read more accurately and fluently
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Assessment to determine breakdown points in reading accuracy and where to begin with remediation
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A guide that leads the teacher to the appropriate section s of the book
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A checklist for the teacher to use whilst the pupil is reading
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A checklist for the reader to use with teacher support to pinpoint his/her reading difficulties
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Individualised teaching points
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Photocopiable sheets which provide activities to be used with individuals or groups
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A structured approach including accurate and fluent decoding, other ways of reading words on sight, the visual skills which are necessary and issues of readability.
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Target cards which prompt activities for readers to carry-out independently or with the support of a helper.
Contents: Introduction; Introduction to Decoding; Phonological Awareness and Phonics; Word Reading; Visual Processing; Readability; “If You Don’t Know a Word…’; Readers Toolkit; Appendices - Answers to Exercises; Glossary; Recommended Reading and Resources; Index.
2004, 121 A4 pages, spiral binding
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