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Volunteers Working with Young Readers DOCUMENT RESUME ED 418 389 CS 013 164 AUTHOR Laminack, Lester L. TITLE Volunteers Working with Young Readers. INSTITUTION National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. ISBN ISBN-0-8141-3410-6 PUB DATE 1998-00-00 NOTE 274p. AVAILABLE FROM National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096 (Stock No. 34106-3050: $10.95 members, $14.95 nonmembers). PUB TYPE, Guides Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC11 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Childrens Literature; *Cognitive Development; Elementary Education; *Language Experience Approach; *Literacy; *Reading Instruction; *Reading Processes; Reading Strategies; Theory Practice Relationship; Tutoring; *Volunteers; Young Children IDENTIFIERS Communication Strategies; *Partner Reading; Trade Books ABSTRACT Intended to be a guide for novice volunteers, this book discusses both the theAretical foundations and the practical details that will help a person to understand a child's literacy development. The book begins with an overview of the reading process and then moves into addressing key concerns such as the first day as a volunteer, the kinds of books that might be used, and how the volunteer can work with his or her reading partner. The book presents helpful strategies that allow the volunteer tutor to build on a child's natural abilities with language. It offers illustrations from children's books, analysis of selected texts, and concludes with an appendix of various types of books for further reading. Besides its usefulness for volunteers, the book could also be used by elementary teachers involved in children's literacy development, since it describes scenarios and situations with real children in authentic classrooms.(NKA) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ******************************************************************************** DISSEMINATEPERMISSIONBEEN TOGRANTEDTHIS REPRODUCE MATERIAL BY HASAND EDUCATIONALOfficeU.S. of Educational DEPARTMENT RESOURCES Research OF EDUCATION and INFORMATION Improvement M. 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