Beginning with a brief rationale for selecting quality digital picture book apps for beginning readers, the authors describe the elements of digital picture books and provide a brief review of the instructional benefits of digital picture book use for beginning readers. They then present a detailed taxonomy for selecting quality picture book apps.…

Suggests lessons based on categorizing and several learning modalities to expand students' vocabulary. (MKM)

Suggests categorization of words as an alternative to traditional word study. (MKM)

Compares and contrasts three reading comprehension taxonomies and discusses possible uses. (MKM)

Demonstrates how a universal taxonomy of reading goals might be related to a taxonomy of reading means. (FL)

Describes five classifications of language usage (representatives, directives, expressives, commissives, and declarations). Suggests that teaching reading comprehension is a matter of helping children understand these uses of language. (RL)

Describes a simulated grouping exercise, carried out at a learning-disability conference in Texas, which revealed that grouping practices in 1985 may be flexible enough to allow teachers to select students, teaching techniques, and instructional materials. (MB)