Gives future teachers the specifics of how to teach, what to teach, why it is important to teach it, when to teach it, how long, how often, at what starting point in time, and to what criterion level of performance for using the Direct Instruction approach to teaching reading to all students. KEY TOPICS: Education, Teaching beginning reading, Explicit reading instruction, Direct instruction, Direct instruction strategies, explicit and systematic instruction, Big and little DI strategies, teacher-directed reading instruction, teacher-guided instruction MARKET Designed for teaching novice and experienced teachers how best to teach students, especially those who struggle mightily with reading the words on a page–how to teach beginning reading in an explicit, direct and systematic way.