This reader-friendly teaching guide makes the next steps of literacy instruction clear and easy for K-6 educators. Developed by highly respected experts Smartt and Glaser, this book gives readers a specific breakdown of the indicators on today's most popular reading assessments and matches those items with interventions that make a real difference. Contents of this book include: (1) Introduction to "Next STEPS"; (2) Teaching Struggling Readers to Read; (3) Phoneme Awareness; (4) Phonics; (5) Fluency; (6) Comprehension; (7) Vocabulary; and (8) Weaving Elements Together for a Lifetime of Reading. A list of references is included.