Brief and accessible, the sixth edition ofRemediating Reading Difficultiesdefines specific reading skills and problems and then presents practical, easy-to-implement activities and strategies for correcting these problems. Although especially helpful for children with diagnosed difficulties, this quick-reference guide effectively reinforces skills that are useful to all children, including those who are limited English proficient or are speakers of other languages.

UNIT I: EMERGENT/BEGINNING LITERACY SKILLS

1: Concepts of Print

2: Letter Identification

3: Phonological Awareness

UNIT II: WORD ANALYSIS SKILLS

4: Sight Word Recognition

5: Picture Clues

6: Phonic Analysis

7: Syllabic Analysis

UNIT III: VOCABULARY

8: Graphic Organizers

9: Morphology

10: Context

11: Word Relationships

12: Extending an Interest in Vocabulary

UNIT IV: FLUENCY

13: Major Fluency Strategies

14: Fluency Miscues

15: Decreasing Faulty Habits

UNIT V: TEXT COMPREHENSION

16: Preparing Students to Read

17: Organizational Structures

18: Elaborative Structures

19: Questioning Structures

20. Teaching Structures

UNIT VI: STUDY SKILLS

21: Adjusting Reading Rate

22: Memory and StudyAids

23: Listening

UNIT VII: AFFECTIVE AREAS

24: Improving Self-Concept

25: Developing Interests

26: Suggestions for Parents

UNIT VIII: SPECIALIZED APPROACHES

27: Kinesthetic Method

28: Neurological Impress Method

29: Reading Recovery Method

30: Language Experience

UNIT IX: ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

31: Characteristics of English Language Learners

32: Teaching English Language Learners

APPENDIX A: Major Word Analysis Generalizations

APPENDIX B: Word Lists for Word Analysis Elements

APPENDIX C: Common PhonlC?