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Guiding the Reading Process: Techniques and Strategies for Successful Instruction in K-8 Classrooms

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This book is designed much like a glossary or dictionary. Content specific terms are merely listed and defined. It contains no attractive or appealing charts, graphs, illustrations, pictures, photos, or captions. However, the book is printed in easy to read typeface and bold print. It is very easy on the eyes. It contain few techniques and strategies for successful instruction as the title suggests. It has the definition of these terms, but few how to details. For example, the book lists a very common reading term annecdotal records but it has no examples of the technique nor does it tell you how to successfuly implement this form. The book also mentions formal and informal tests, but it does not give you any examples of what these are, i.e., norm-referenced and criterion referenced, etc. Although the book contains a significant amount of scholarship, the format and layout of the publication is challenging. In some places it is indented and the following paragraph is not indented. There is just too much information squeezed onto a single page--very busy. With that being said, it is good for a quick at-a-glance refernce much like a glossary or dictionary.