1st Edition

Reading Fundamentals for Students with Learning Difficulties Instruction for Diverse K-12 Classrooms

By Sheri Berkeley, Sharon Ray Copyright 2020
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

Reading Fundamentals for Students with Learning Difficulties is a foundational resource on reading instruction for students with learning difficulties. This comprehensive, practical textbook provides fundamental information related to typical and atypical reading development, reading instruction within K-12 classrooms, and how to identify reading problems and provide interventions to a wide... Read more

SECTION I: OVERVIEW

1. Understanding the Nature of Reading and Schools

2. Assessment of Reading

3. Informal Reading Inventories

SECTION II: OVERVIEW

4. Oral Language Development

5. Early Reading

6. Supporting all Students in Early Reading Development

SECTION III: OVERVIEW

7. Word Identification Skills & Fluency

8. Intensive Reading Intervention

9. Supporting All Students in Accessing Text

SECTION IV: OVERVIEW

10. Reading Comprehension

11. Background Knowledge (Including Vocabulary)

12. Supporting All Students in Understanding Text

SECTION V: OVERVIEW

13. The Development of Writing and Spelling

14. Supporting All Students in Writing and Spelling

 

 

Biography

Sheri Berkeley is Associate Professor of Special Education at George Mason University.

Sharon Ray is Assistant Professor of Special Education at George Mason University.