Book Buddies: A Tutoring Framework for Struggling Readers

This indispensable guide has been revised and expanded with the latest research and guidance for working with learners with reading challenges, including dyslexia.

Book Buddies shows how reading tutors—including educators, volunteers, and parents—can deliver individualised lessons for struggling students in grades K–3. Chapters offer step-by-step guidance for providing effective one-on-one instruction at the emergent, beginning, and transitional stages of reading, and address the needs of English language learners. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the manual features 39 reproducible handouts and forms. Tutor training is facilitated by videos of sample sessions (at the companion website). The website also gives book purchasers access to downloadable copies of the handouts and forms.

New to This Edition:

• More explicit recommendations for addressing the needs of children with dyslexia.
• New phonemic awareness task to use in assessment.
• Expanded and clarified directions for many of the lessons.
• Additional instructional activities, including reproducible FastRead sheets.
• Reproducible tools and training videos now provided online.

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Table of Contents

1. The Book Buddies Tutoring Framework
2. Getting Started with Book Buddies
3. Book Buddies Assessment
4. General Tutoring Plan for the Emergent Reader
5. General Tutoring Plan for the Beginning Reader
6. General Tutoring Plan for the Transitional Reader

Appendices: Materials for Coordinators and Tutors

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Resources Cited in Text

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