The most effective way to understand what a child knows about the reading process is to take a running record. In Running Records, Mary Shea demonstrates how teachers can use this powerful tool to design lessons that decrease reading difficulties, build on strengths, and stimulate motivation, ensuring that children develop self-sustaining learning strategies. Special Features include: * a step-by-step outline for taking efficient running records * guidance in running record analysis: readers will learn how to use running record data to determine a child's level of decoding skill,...