Intended for the classroom teacher, this newest addition to the Words Their Way® series provides specific guidance, strategies, and tools for helping struggling students, grades 4 and up, catch up with their peers in literacy. The thrust is intervention — specifically, utilizing word study with its hands-on, assessable approach to aid students struggling with the vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension load of middle and secondary classrooms. This book will help you determine student needs, provide you with the strategies to guide each student toward success in content area comprehension, and even outline ideas for fitting these strategies into your crowded schedule.

Word study with older struggling readers -- Core word study principles and practices for spelling, reading, and vocabulary instruction -- Assessment : spelling and reading -- The within word pattern stage -- The syllables and affixes stage -- Generative vocabulary instruction : teaching struggling readers to crack the meaning code in English -- Word-specific vocabulary instruction -- Vocabulary assessment and organization.