Nancy S. Williams
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"Using Literature to Support Skills and Critical Discussion for Struggling Readers: Grades 3-9 emphasizes the development of higher-level thinking skills and critical discussion with struggling readers in intermediate and middle school. Williams uses quality children's literature as a springboard to help readers: understand and use descriptive vocabulary and figurative language; make personal connections with text; create and solve text-related mathematical...
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Publisher's description: This helpful resource for parents, teachers, librarians, and others offers guidance in the selection and use of quality children's literature appropriate for young readers--primary through junior high grades--who have reading difficulties. More than a list of recommended titles, this resource addresses questions parents frequently ask, defines terms such as auditory memory, decoding, and word retrieval problems, and explains...