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Interventions For Reading Success.


Interventions For Reading Success

Diane Haager, Joseph A. Dimino, Michelle Pearlman Windmueller

Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company

PO Box 10624, Baltimore, MD 21285-0624

1557666784, $49.95 www.brookespublishing.com 1-800-638-3775

The collaborative work of Professor Diane Haager (Charter College of Education, California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A., CSULA, or "'CSLA"') is a public university, part of the California State University system. ), Joseph A. Dimino Research Associate, Instructional Research Group, Signal Hill, California Signal Hill is a small city (2.2 mi², 5.8 km²) in Los Angeles County, California that is an enclave (completely surrounded by the city of Long Beach). As of 2005, the city population was 10,951. ), and Michelle Pearlman Windmueller (Elementary School elementary school: see school.  Administrator, Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , California), Interventions For Reading Success" offers an extensive series of lessons in reading and literacy. Each lesson takes from 20 to 30 minutes and focuses upon early literacy issues such as phonological awareness Phonological awareness is the conscious sensitivity to the sound structure of language. It includes the ability to auditorily distinguish parts of speech, such as syllables and phonemes. , the alphabetic principles, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Enhanced with more than one hundred 'learning friendly' activities and interventions (including goals, materials, word lists, and teacher steps), "Interventions For Reading Success" includes guidelines, assessment and intervention planning guidance, 75 photocopiable take-home activities parents can use to reinforce their child's basic reading skills, and practical tips for teachers on implementing intervention in the classroom setting. A comb-bound book that lays open on a flat surface for each of use, "Interventions For Reading Success" is a welcome and recommended resource for classroom teachers working with student from kindergarten through the third grade to develop and improve their reading skills.
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