Tandem Reading Toolkit Author:Susan Jones Tandem Reading Tool Kit Reading is fundamental to learning, so when someone is having trouble learning how to read, it’s time to invest in the right tool for building up reading skills. Often, that includes the skills and attention of a tutor — but reading specialists often can’t spend every day with the student. Tandem Reading can be ... more »used alone, or to bridge the gaps between tutoring sessions by providing a structure for the daily practice crucial for mastering reading skills. Tandem Reading provides a step-by-step guide for a parent or tutor to use one-on-one with a child or student. Tandem Reading shows the short-term and ongoing progress that’s being made — and that’s important in building confidence in a frustrated reader. The Tandem Reading Toolkit comes complete with comprehensive guidelines, journal templates, logs for measuring progress and tips for creating word lists tailored to your child or student’s specific needs. Tandem Reading is organized around syllable patterns commonly used in multi-sensory structured language programs (such as Orton-Gillingham) that help unlock the reading code. The kit also includes pencils — a key to a vital Tandem Reading technique called pencil reading — as well as a highlighter and a reading award ribbon, to honor work well done. Tandem Reading comes with e-mail access to Susan Jones for two consultations to help you make Tandem Reading work best for you. Susan created Tandem Reading after years of classroom experience as a special education teacher with a broad base of knowledge in reading, math and science.« less