Emergent Reader: Day One A Demonstration of Book Buddies in Action Marcia Invernizzi and Connie Juel Price: $50.00 The Book Buddies manual and Emergent Reader training videos provide comprehensive and easy-to-implement guidelines for setting up and running a successful tutorial program in the early grades. Vividly portraying theBook Buddies model in practice, this video demonstrates initial tutorial sessions with first-grader Ashley, who is eased enjoyably into reading despite her lack of knowledge of the alphabet and limited understanding of word boundaries. A home-made book, cards with the names of family members, a range of enjoyable reading activities, and lots of positive reinforcement begin to build Ashley's word bank and phonics knowledge and elicit her interest in the tasks at hand. Commentary from the presenters identifies and describes each component of the Emergent Reader Lesson Plan outlined in the Book Buddies manual and provides pointers on methods and materials for this stage of the tutorial process. Emergent Reader: Day One is designed to boost the skills and confidence level of of reading professionals, tutorial program coordinators, and volunteer tutors. ORDER CODE: GP9781572303621V VIDEO