This indispensable guide has been revised and expanded with the latest research and guidance for working with learners with reading challenges, including dyslexia. The book shows how reading tutors--including educators, volunteers, and parents--can deliver individualized lessons for struggling students in grades K-3. Chapters offer step-by-step guidance for providing effective one-on-one instruction at the emergent, beginning, and transitional stages of reading, and address the needs of English language learners. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the manual features 39 reproducible handouts and forms. Tutor training is facilitated by videos of sample sessions (at the companion website). The website also gives book purchasers access to downloadable copies of the handouts and forms. New to This Edition *More explicit recommendations for addressing the needs of children with dyslexia. *New phonemic awareness task to use in assessment. *Expanded and clarified directions for many of the lessons. *Additional instructional activities, including reproducible FastRead sheets. *Reproducible tools and training videos now provided online.

Princess Samantha was what they had named her, but Sam is what she had named herself. Though as a princess, the castle stores were always filled abundantly so she and her household never went without, Sam had longed for the simple, adventurous life of being on her own in this crazy world. So now we find her, living the simple, honest life of a disguised, runaway princess who is thirsty for revenge.

The publisher is William R. Parks - www.wrparks.com The printer is CreateSpace. The color paperback edition is available for $12.95 plus postage and handling. It may be ordered from the below eStore web page. Peppi is a happy Atlantic puffin. He greets a beautiful day with nothing on his mind but breakfast. Puffins are birds, but they are swift underwater swimmers. Peppi eats his morning meal of eels and small fish and prepares to enjoy a calm morning, when his quiet world is disrupted. This book is intended to be enjoyed by a sharing child and adult.. Reader Reviews: "The value of this book for young readers is in the photographs and the clear descriptions of present environmental hazards in the seas. This book should be stocked in gift shops associated with places like Sea World, national parks and science museums." - Member of the Selection Committee for One Book One Community. "A make believe tale to stimulate a child's imagination and sense of adventure. Be transported back to childhood to an informative, colorful world." "Congratulations for writing an interesting story that will make children aware of the puffin species of birds and also aware of the danger to whales in the high seas."

This indispensable guide has been revised and expanded with the latest research and guidance for working with learners with reading challenges, including dyslexia. The book shows how reading tutors--including educators, volunteers, and parents--can deliver individualized lessons for struggling students in grades K-3. Chapters offer step-by-step guidance for providing effective one-on-one instruction at the emergent, beginning, and transitional stages of reading, and address the needs of English language learners. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the manual features 39 reproducible handouts and forms. Tutor training is facilitated by videos of sample sessions (at the companion website). The website also gives book purchasers access to downloadable copies of the handouts and forms. New to This Edition *More explicit recommendations for addressing the needs of children with dyslexia. *New phonemic awareness task to use in assessment. *Expanded and clarified directions for many of the lessons. *Additional instructional activities, including reproducible FastRead sheets. *Reproducible tools and training videos now provided online.