Description

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This handbook describes the cognitive processes of emergent readers and provides educators with clear guidelines for promoting reading comprehension with small groups of young learners.
A variety of exercises helps children to locate, record, retrieve, and manipulate information from texts and enables teachers to measure how students respond in oral, written, graphic, and three-dimensional forms.

About the Author

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Gail Saunders-Smith is a former classroom teacher and Reading Recovery® Teacher Leader, and she served as Reading/Language Arts K–12 Supervisor and Coordinator of State and Federal Programs for the Summit County ESC. Currently, Gail is an assistant professor in the Beeghly College of Education at Youngstown State University. She lives in Farmdale, Ohio.