<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10px;"> <p style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Every classroom has readers who struggle with texts. Whatever their challenges, it is our job as teachers to help them negotiate the texts of their world."<br /> -Linda Hoyt<br /> <b><br /> Classroom-ready solutions to support K-6 striving readers at your fingertips<br /> </b></span><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In elementary classrooms across America, there are increasing numbers of students with specialized learning needs-striving readers who need additional support to reach their academic potential. <b>Linda Hoyt and colleagues</b> support these learners with strategic interventions and tools in this easy-to-use handbook for whole class, small group, and one-to-one instruction.</span><b><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /> <br /> </span></b><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dip into the three parts-Nonfiction, Fiction, and Assessment-where commonly-asked questions from teachers like you frame a menu of <i>solutions</i> covering a variety of instructional possibilities. Following each question you'll find:</span><b> </b></p> <ul style="list-style-type: disc; margin-top: 0in;"> <li style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Side-by-Side Observations</span></i><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">-portraits of striving readers and the tools and solutions that will benefit their development</span></li> <li style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Solutions</span></i><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">-a wealth of instructional tools and scaffolds to support K-6 readers</span></li> <li style="line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Formative assessment tools</span></i><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">-reading records, observation checklists, story maps, and more-also available in a customizable format on the accompanying CD-ROM.</span></li> </ul> </span>