Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Based on sound principles of reading instruction and learning, Book Buddies helps even non-experts tutor children well. The manual is easy to read and systematically laid out. Especially valuable is the lesson plan component, which ensures individualized instruction that is tailored to each student's particular needs. This book will be a great asset to volunteer tutoring programs." --Barbara A. Wasik, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
"This guide gives tutors and their supervisors the tools and blueprints for a successful tutoring program. The authors provide a high level of detail on a host of topics related to activities, assessments, and lesson plans, enabling tutors to successfully guide children's growth from emergent to early reading. More than simply a set of good ideas, this book is derived from a program with proven results." --Elfrieda H. Hiebert, PhD, University of Michigan
"The authors...clearly describe how to conduct a wealth of enjoyable reading activities and exercises with students, illustrating each chapter with real-life examples and lively line drawings....An ideal training tool for even those volunteers with no prior instructional experience." --Keeping Children at the Center
"Presents just about everything anyone needs to begin a reading tutorial program....This very practical guide will find its audience among those who are working with emergent readers in any situation." --School Library Journal
"A well-designed workbook that outlines a useful way to provide one-to-one instruction in reading to first and second graders....The eclectic approach combines word study, phonics instruction, oral reading, and writing into integrated lesson plans for 'emergent' and 'early' readers. A rich variety of activities and materials (which can be copied) are provided for tutors, as is an organizational plan for onsite coordinators who assess student progress and write lesson plans....The book affords an excellent format for providing supplemental assistance to many early readers." --Science Books & Films
Review
"Based on sound principles of reading instruction and learning, Book Buddies helps even non-experts tutor children well. The manual is easy to read and systematically laid out. Especially valuable is the lesson plan component, which ensures individualized instruction that is tailored to each student's particular needs. This book will be a great asset to volunteer tutoring programs." --Barbara A. Wasik, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
"This guide gives tutors and their supervisors the tools and blueprints for a successful tutoring program. The authors provide a high level of detail on a host of topics related to activities, assessments, and lesson plans, enabling tutors to successfully guide children's growth from emergent to early reading. More than simply a set of good ideas, this book is derived from a program with proven results." --Elfrieda H. Hiebert, PhD, University of Michigan
Review
"The authors...clearly describe how to conduct a wealth of enjoyable reading activities and exercises with students, illustrating each chapter with real-life examples and lively line drawings....An ideal training tool for even those volunteers with no prior instructional experience." --
Keeping Children at the Center "Presents just about everything anyone needs to begin a reading tutorial program....This very practical guide will find its audience among those who are working with emergent readers in any situation." --School Library Journal
"A well-designed workbook that outlines a useful way to provide one-to-one instruction in reading to first and second graders....The eclectic approach combines word study, phonics instruction, oral reading, and writing into integrated lesson plans for 'emergent' and 'early' readers. A rich variety of activities and materials (which can be copied) are provided for tutors, as is an organizational plan for onsite coordinators who assess student progress and write lesson plans....The book affords an excellent format for providing supplemental assistance to many early readers." --Science Books & Films
Synopsis
Volunteer tutors can make a tremendous difference in the reading skills and the lives of young children. This comprehensive tutorial manual has been developed from the Book Buddies program of Charlottesville, Virginia, the first large-scale model to mobilize hundreds of community volunteers in an alternative one-on-one intervention for children at risk for reading failure. A complete how-to resource for both trainers and tutors in one accessible volume, the book provides guidelines for setting up a successful tutorial program in the early grades and presents a field-tested lesson format for individualized instruction in reading, writing, and phonics. The authors clearly describe how to conduct a wealth of enjoyable reading activities and exercises with students, illustrating each chapter with real-life examples and lively line drawings. Appendices feature reproducible assessment and lesson planning forms, alphabet cards and charts, recommendations and sources for children's books and other materials, and a helpful glossary.
About the Author
Francine Johnston, EdD, is Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she teaches courses in reading, language arts, and children's literature. Tutoring is a key part of her curriculum, as she believes that there is no better way to help preservice teachers learn how to teach beginning readers.
Marcia Invernizzi, PhD, is Associate Professor of Reading Education at the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, where she also serves as Clinical Director of the McGuffey Reading Center. With Connie Juel, she cofounded the Book Buddies community volunteer tutorial program, which has served over 700 children since 1992. Dr. Invernizzi's research on the effectiveness of Book Buddies has been published in The Reading Teacher and Scientific Studies of Reading.
Connie Juel, PhD, is the Thomas G. Jewell Professor of Education at the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, where she also serves as the Director of Studies in Learning to Read. She is codirector of the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement and a former Associate Editor of Reading Research Quarterly. Cofounder with Marcia Invernizzi of the Book Buddies tutorial program, Dr. Juel has published numerous research articles, chapters, and books on literacy acquisition.
Table of Contents
Contents
1. Volunteer Tutorials
2. The Role of the Volunteer Coordinator
3. Evaluating Beginning Readers
4. General Tutoring Plan for the Emergent Reader
5. General Tutoring Plan for the Early Reader
Appendix A: Forms for Tutors
Appendix B: Resources