"Gunning’s Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties provides instructors and students with a comprehensive tool for understanding the intricacies of corrective instruction. The models of assessment provide a winning framework for the interrelationships of assessment and instruction." -

Anita Gail Choice, Stetson University

"Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties is a comprehensive text that equips teachers with the knowledge and resources to understand assessing and correcting reading and writing difficulties. The text offers solid research to support the methods and techniques to help children. Enhanced with technology and video resources. A must read!" - Dr. Wendy A Ellis, Harding University

"The manuscript text is comprehensive. It contains essential information for preservice teachers to possess in order to support the reading and writing of students with mild disabilities. It is written in a manner that provides definition and examples with research to support. Students may use the text as a resource of information after graduation." - Mary C. Provost, College of Charleston

Grounded in theory and research, yet highly practical in nature, this book illustrates through a wealth of examples how to assess students and how to use assessment results to screen students monitor progress, and provide effective instruction.

Here are 46 easy-to-follow, step-by-step sample lessons covering virtually every major skill or strategy needed to successfully assess and instruct struggling readers of all ages. The emphasis is on strategies that can be used independently for developing skills in word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension, reading in the content areas, writing, spelling, and studying.

The new Fifth Edition has been updated and expanded to include:

• Extensive coverage of Response to Intervention;
• Details on the impact of the Common Core Standards, especially in developing the ability to read complex text;
• Techniques to help struggling readers take responsibility for their learning through fostering executive functioning;
• Introduction of an excellent instrument that doubles both as an assessment of comprehension and a highly motivational comprehension building technique—Mystery Passages Think Aloud;
• Ideas for using indexing effectively with struggling non-comprehenders;
• New ways to assess vocabulary and two programs for developing academic vocabulary; and
• Expanded coverage of paraphrasing, summarizing, comprehending sentences, using text structures, imaging and using manipulatives, and new coverage of techniques such as close reading.

Also from Thomas G. Gunning:

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0132317443 - Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students in Grades 4 to 8, 3/e - c2012

0205522203 - Developing Higher-Level Literacy in All Students, 1/e - c2008

020545626X - Closing the Literacy Gap, 1/e - c2006

0205309224 - Building Words, 1/e - c2001

0205323235 - Phonological Awareness and Primary Phonics, 1/e - c2000

0205286259 - Best Books for Building Literacy for Elementary School Children, 1/e - c2000