Introduction. The learning journey -- 1. Developing early language and literacy -- 2. Developing phonemic awareness and early phonics skills -- 3. Diagnosing learning difficulties -- 4. Understanding specific learning difficulties -- 5. Understanding difficulties with short-term auditory memory -- 6. Difficulties arising at school -- 7. Reading comprehenison strategies -- 8. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) -- 9. To repeat or not to repeat? -- 10. Homework -- 11. The search for new teaching tecchniques -- 12. Mathematics -- 13. Using computer programs to assist in learning -- 14. A little help goes a long way -- 15. Reflections and convictions -- The essential word reading lists -- The essential spelling lists -- The phonograms
Summary
Learning to read and write is the most important skill a child needs to acquire; everything else they do in life depends on it, including their studies and their future employment. As experienced literacy specialist Fay Tran argues in this timely and important book, no child should leave school without satisfactory literacy and numeracy skills. Now armed with the skills and techniques covered in this book, any adult can teach the kids in their care to read