Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 120
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Trim: 6½ x 9
978-1-4758-4835-9 • Hardback • December 2018 • $62.00 • (£48.00)
978-1-4758-4836-6 • Paperback • December 2018 • $32.00 • (£25.00)
978-1-4758-4837-3 • eBook • December 2018 • $30.00 • (£25.00)
Teaching reading 45+ years, Nickie Simonetti’s experience ranges from Classroom Teacher to Resource Education Program Director. Seeking a better approach for bright struggling students, and frustrated by their all too often tragic outcomes, I was driven to offer these novel strategies and impressions, self-created over the many years.
Note to the Reader
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: The Introduction
Chapter 1- The Premise
Chapter 2- The Basics
Chapter 3- The Given
Part II: The Method
Chapter 4- Phonics
Factor 1: Sound Awareness
Factor 2: Letter-Sound Association
- Teaching the Vowels
- Teaching the Consonants
Factor 3: The Baby Vs. The Bathwater
Chapter 5- Decoding
Factor 1: Linguistic Clusters
Factor 2: Rules and Patterns
Factor 3: Syllable Identification
Chapter 6- Sight Vocabulary
Chapter 7- Contextual Analysis
Chapter 8- Oral Reading
Chapter 9- Fluency
Chapter 10- Comprehension
Chapter 11- Visual Processing
Part One: Books
Part Two: Words
Chapter 12- Phonemic Processing
Chapter 13- Language Processing
Chapter 14- Affective Support
Chapter 15- A Cautionary Tale
Part III: The Practice
Chapter 16- Guidelines
Chapter 17- Application
Chapter 18- Informal Assessment
Appendix
References
Postscript
About the Author
Smart Kids, Struggling Readers offers a plan that provides effective methods for teachers and positive results for students. I applaud the approach.
— M. Olbaum, reading teacher, 30 years’ experience
I'm forever grateful to Nickie Simonetti for teaching me how to learn, study and to embrace my differences. My success today, personally and professionally, is truly due to her. Now that she is sharing her teaching method in a book I can only imagine how many more lives she will change!
— M. Babson, dyslexic adult
Thank you for continuing a project that is so necessary to those struggling but bright kids!
— P. Hannah, educator
Nickie Simonetti has a gift, grounded in theory and enhanced by her creativity, and she is now sharing it publicly. Nickie and I first worked together 40 years ago at a diagnostic learning center. Our paths crossed again about 15 years later as my daughter's academic struggles created emotional ones. Their work together transformed my daughter into an eager learner excited by new learning opportunities.
— C. Nobel, licensed psychologist and parent
Dyslexic kids need strategies that break things down and make sense. Not more of the same old things we have been doing without success. This book offers practical advice and information to break the code for the dyslexic learner.
— P. Klien, learning specialist
Ms. Simonetti’s approach works…she combines science, art and heart. No one is better at helping children reach their academic and personal best! We are fortunate to have her insights now available to us all.
— L. McLaughlin, academic remediation specialist
This book is a must read. Nickie Simonetti gives great insight into students struggling with today’s school models of learning She brings out their creative and innovative potential. A godsend to all whose lives she touches.
— K. Arpin, school psychologist
Wonderful, energetic, a game changer. Remember that exciting feeling you had after attending a conference or inservice? You couldn't wait to incorporate the ideas into your lesson plans. Well, this book, gives that same feeling.
— A. Gaydos, remedial reading teacher