Six Skills. That is all children need to learn to become great readers. Tested on more than 17,000 students, grades PreK-12, over 3 years, the instructional approach in this book works. On average, students made more than a year's gain in less than a semester. Older kids much more! Practical advice on every page. Strategies that are proven to work. Activities that engage students in learning. Sample lesson plans for teaching reading. When you learn what students need to know and how to create the right learning experiences, your students can become great readers, too! In plain language, reading specialist David Bowman teaches you what you need to know to help students make amazing progress in reading. Roadmap for Reading instruction teaches you How to develop the conditions for learning What skills students need to learn What works for teaching reading skills--and what doesn't work How to design powerful and fun reading lessons