This popular, practical resource provides guidelines for setting up a successful tutorial program in grades K-3 and presents a field-tested lesson format for individualized instruction. Clear explanations and examples demonstrate how to use the books wealth of activities and exercises to assess students and build specific reading, writing, and spelling skills. Adding greatly to the second editions utility is an included 70-minute DVD depicting sample sessions with a beginning reader and a late beginning reader. (E-book purchasers do not receive a DVD but can view the videos online.) Also included are a helpful glossary, a resource list, and more than two dozen reproducible tutoring tools. New to This Edition *Videos of sample tutoring sessions--the print book comes with a DVD; e-book purchasers can access the videos online. *Reflects current research, the authors ongoing experience in Book Buddies programs, and tutor feedback. *Recommendations for working with English language learners have been added throughout. *A chapter on transitional readers offers a tutoring plan for children reading at the first-grade level and beyond. *Many of the figures and lesson plans are new or revised.

This popular, practical resource provides guidelines for setting up a successful tutorial program in grades K-3 and presents a field-tested lesson format for individualized instruction. Clear explanations and examples demonstrate how to use the book's wealth of activities and exercises to assess students and build specific reading, writing, and spelling skills. Adding greatly to the second edition's utility is an included 70-minute DVD depicting sample sessions with a beginning reader and a late beginning reader. (E-book purchasers do not receive a DVD but can view the videos online.) Also included are a helpful glossary, a resource list, and more than two dozen reproducible tutoring tools.   New to This Edition *Videos of sample tutoring sessions--the print book comes with a DVD; e-book purchasers can access the videos online. *Reflects current research, the authors' ongoing experience in Book Buddies programs, and tutor feedback. *Recommendations for working with English language learners have been added throughout. *A chapter on transitional readers offers a tutoring plan for children reading at the first-grade level and beyond. *Many of the figures and lesson plans are new or revised.

1.  The Book Buddies Tutoring Framework2.  Book Buddies Assessment3.  General Tutoring Plan for the Emergent Reader4.  General Tutoring Plan for the Beginning Reader5.  General Tutoring Plan for the Transitional ReaderAppendix: Reproducible Materials for TutorsGlossaryDVD