For Elementary General Education and Special Education Teachers

Practical Strategies for Reading Instruction

by Gail Bornfield

This book will help the regular classroom teacher or the special education teacher to:

• Enhance skill development of students who are at-risk or have mild disabilities and are in the general education classroom.
• Suggest strategies for peer tutoring specific to enhancement of reading skills at a variety of levels.
• Suggest strategies for small group activities geared to skill development in the reading area.
• Adapt direct instruction techniques to improve skills of students at-risk for failing.
• Modify instruction to meet the needs of students who are at-risk and/or who have mild disabilities.
• Suggests ideas for independent activities to enhance skill development.

Table of contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter One: Reading Readiness
• Chapter Two: Sight-Words
• Chapter Three: Decoding Skills
• Chapter Four: Reading Comprehension
• Chapter Five: Special Topics
• Bibliography
• Appendix