Beginning with a series of interactive exercises, this book leads readers through the thinking processes and linguistic systems that students use to build their understanding of text. Through a review of these systems, the book then shows how to assess students' reading ability. It then presents an easy-to-use, step-by-step diagnostic procedure,…

This book provides information about reading and reading instruction from kindergarten through the elementary grades that is specific enough to be helpful to anyone who is, or will be, teaching reading. Chapters in the book are: (1) The Reading Process; (2) The Reading Teacher; (3) Reading: Silent or Oral?; (4) Easing Young Children into Literacy;…