The Essentials of Teaching Children to Read: The Teacher Makes the Difference (2nd Edition)

For Elementary Reading Methods courses. To accommodate market demand for a shorter, more targeted, text, this new volume pairs these authors' well-known comprehensive and balanced treatment of literacy instruction with the latest research in the field. Coverage is thoroughly aligned with directives of recent No Child Left Behind legislation, focusing clearly on teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency.