Updated and reorganized to be even more useful, this popular book's twenty-nine chapters divided into six major sections once again provide busy in-service reading teachers the essential tools they need--specific, concrete methods--for diagnosing reading difficulties and determining how to correct them. The authors' easy-to-read language effectively explains what to do in the diagnostic/remedial process; and twenty-four exceptionally thorough appendices offer hands-on tools for doing it. While individual instruction is clearly identified as the ideal, numerous strategies are also offered for both small- and large-group instruction. Emphasis is on direct instruction, motivational learning activities, and "practice, practice, practice." It also features: *Reordered coverage--Addresses decoding (sight vocabulary, phonics, structural analysis, and context clues) before oral reading. *Set of tests for phonemic awareness--Includes tests for rhyming ability, initial sound recognition, phoneme blending, and phoneme segmentation. *A chapter on phonemic awareness--Matches specific instructional procedures to specific phonemic skills. *An appendix, Books for Emergent Readers. *Test for assessing older students and adults.