Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 Part I: Introduction to Reading; 4 1. Introduction; 5 2. The Process of Learning to Read; 6 Part II: Who Are We Talking About?; 7 3. Who Has Reading Difficulties?; 8 4. Predictors of Success and Failure in Reading; 9 Part III: Prevention and Intervention; 10 5. Preventing Reading Difficulties Before Kindergarten; 11 6. Instructional Strategies for Kindergarten and the Primary Grades; 12 7. Organizational Strategies for Kindergarten and the Primary Grades; 13 8. Helping Children with Reading Difficulties in Grades 1 to 3; 14 Part IV: Knowledge into Action; 15 9. The Agents of Change; 16 10. Recommendations for Practice and Research; 17 References; 18 Biographical Sketches; 19 Index

About the Author

Catherine E. Snow, M. Susan Burns, and Peg Griffin, Editors; Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children, National Research Council