Smart Kids, Struggling Readers

Auteur

Teaching reading 45+ years, Nickie Simonetti s experience ranges from Classroom Teacher to Resource Education Program Director. Seeking a better approach for bright struggling students, and frustrated by their all too often tragic outcomes, I was driven to offer these novel strategies and impressions, self-created over the many years.

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This book provides original insights and optional strategies for teaching bright struggling students. Addressing the multiple interferences to learning, the novel techniques ensure rapid skills mastery. Created to support Dyslexic learners, all students will benefit from the creative methods introduced.

Contenu

Note to the Reader Preface Acknowledgements Part I: The Introduction Chapter 1- The Premise Chapter 2- The Basics Chapter 3- The Given Part II: The Method Chapter 4- Phonics Factor 1: Sound Awareness Factor 2: Letter-Sound Association a.)Teaching the Vowels b.)Teaching the Consonants Factor 3: The Baby Vs. The Bathwater Chapter 5- Decoding Factor 1: Linguistic Clusters Factor 2: Rules and Patterns Factor 3: Syllable Identification Chapter 6- Sight Vocabulary Chapter 7- Contextual Analysis Chapter 8- Oral Reading Chapter 9- Fluency Chapter 10- Comprehension Chapter 11- Visual Processing Part One: Books Part Two: Words Chapter 12- Phonemic Processing Chapter 13- Language Processing Chapter 14- Affective Support Chapter 15- A Cautionary Tale Part III: The Practice Chapter 16- Guidelines Chapter 17- Application Chapter 18- Informal Assessment Appendix References Postscript About the Author