Among the America Reads partnerships, several tutoring manuals emerged as favorite resources and are summarized here. This list is not an endorsement of any particular manual, but rather an overview of the resources that partnerships are using. All of the manuals describe elements of a tutoring session. A few provide guidance for tutor training. For complete author and publisher information, refer to the References and Partnership Bibliography.
Teaching Children to Read: A Step-by-Step Guide for Volunteer Tutors
(Chall, Roswell, Fletcher, & Richmond, 1998)
Topics covered: the tutoring session, specifically phonics; patterns of reading difficulty and
discovering student needs; teaching sight words, phonics, spelling, and writing; estimating the difficulty level of a book.
Help a Child Learn to Read
(Cheatham, 1998)
Topics covered: the reading process; essential elements of tutoring sessions; working with non-English-speaking children; finding a starting place with a student. Answers common questions about tutoring, including logistics, reading strategies, and tutoring techniques.
Book Buddies: Guidelines for Volunteer Tutors of Emergent and Early Readers
(Johnston, Invernizzi, & Juel, 1998)
Topics covered: specifics of a tutoring lesson plan with suggested materials; evaluating beginning readers; selecting appropriate books. Includes assessment record forms. Outlines the role of volunteer coordinator with a section on designing tutor training.
The following two manuals are companion volumes developed by the Corporation for National Service to guide National Service members and volunteers in setting up tutoring programs:
Reading Helpers: A Handbook for Training Tutors
(Collins, 1998)
A comprehensive tutor-training manual that includes training session plans and handouts,
tutoring tips, and training activities.
On the Road to Reading: A Guide for Community Partners
(Koralek & Collins, 1997)
Offers guidance for new tutoring partnerships with comprehensive summaries of the characteristics of effective tutoring programs.
The following two manuals are companion volumes:
The Reading Team: A Handbook for Volunteer Tutors K-3
(Morrow & Walker, 1997)
Clarifies the tutor's role as coach and team member. The handbook's six-element tutoring
session plan has been adopted by many of the 61 reading partnerships described in this
report. Other topics: measuring the child's success and evaluating the tutor's performance.
Tips for the Reading Team: Strategies for Tutors
(Walker & Morrow, 1998)
Explores motivation, storybook reading, reading together and rereading, word skills
and comprehension.
The following two manuals are companion volumes:
A Coordinator's Guide to Help America Read: A Handbook for Volunteers
(Pinnell & Fountas, 1997)
Topics covered: qualities of an effective volunteer program; creating high quality training; and recruiting and orienting volunteers. Contains 12 tutor-training session plans with transparencies and handouts, and multicultural book lists.
Help America Read: A Handbook for Volunteers
(Pinnell & Fountas, 1997)
Topics covered: steps of the tutoring session; connecting with children's homes; working
with English learners; phonics, writing, and spelling.
Recruiting and Training Volunteer Tutors of Emergent and Beginning Readers
in the Primary Grades
(Diss, 1998)
Topics covered: characteristics of an effective tutoring program; selecting students; and
recruiting tutors. Contains tutoring resources, including lists of children's books and word
lists. Stresses the importance of close collaboration with the classroom teacher. Presents
a tutor-training model that includes characteristics of at-risk readers; the learning-to-read process; planning the tutoring session; and recording progress. Includes 15 activity cards describing developmental literacy activities for emergent and developing readers, and a video.
For an excellent review of tutoring manuals, visit www.nwrel.org/learns. This review was written by Linking Education and America Reads through National Service (LEARNS), which provides training and technical assistance to National Service members and volunteers engaged in reading and education projects. Funded by the Corporation for National Service, LEARNS is a partnership of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Bank Street College, and the Southern Regional Council.
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