This professional resource features excerpts from the book Starting Out Right. The book, written for teachers, parents, and others, discusses how best to help children succeed in reading by identifying important questions and topics related to beginning reading instruction. Strategies to help young children build word recognition, avoid comprehension problems, and develop fluency are provided. (author/ncl/nmb)
Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition and Fluency
for Early Childhood
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
Word Recognition
Fluency
Acquisition of Vocabulary for Early Childhood
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension
Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies
for Early Childhood
Concepts of Print
Comprehension Strategies
Self-Monitoring Strategies
Independent Reading
Reading Applications: Literary Text for Early Childhood
Reading Applications
Research for Early Childhood
Research
Communication: Oral and Visual Early Childhood
Listening and Viewing
Speaking Skills and Strategies
Speaking Applications