O'Donnell, Michael P.

Becoming a reader : a developmental approach to reading instruction / Michael P. O'Donnell, Margo Wood. - 3rd ed. - Boston, MA : Allyn and Bacon, c2004. - xiv, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface. - Prologue. - Pt. 1. The Beginning Reader. 1. Emergent Reading Stage. 2. Initial Reading Stage: The Process of Learning to Read. 3. Initial Reading Stage: Instructional Approaches and Programs. - Pt. 2. Becoming Fluent. 4. Transitional Stage. - Pt. 3. Fluent Readers. 5. Basic Literacy Stage. 6. Basic Literacy Stage: Vocabulary Development. 7. Basic Literacy Stage: Effective Reading of Texts. 8. Study Strategies. 9. Refinement Stage. 10. Refinement Stage: Content Area Reading. - Pt. 4. Assessment. 11. Assessment. - Pt. 5. Organizing and Managing Classroom Reading Instruction. 12. Organization and Management. 13. Ms. Stein's First Grade: A Literature-Based Program. 14. Mr. Gordon's Fourth Grade: Using Basal Readers. 15. Instructing Readers with Differences. - Appendix A. Informal Assessment of Study Strategies. - Appendix B. Examiner's Manual: Informal Assessment of Elementary Reading. - Appendix C. Gorham (ME) Schools' Literacy Guide. - Author Index. - Subject Index.

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Developmental reading.
Individualized reading instruction.
Reading comprehension.
Reading--Remedial teaching.

428.43 / ODO