Strategies for Struggling Readers 11.2

I'm not teaching PD, I'm sharing.
-notes from the trenches-

LATIRI

We are all struggling readers.

Things that cause struggle:

• TIME
• SPACE/SILENCE
• MOTIVATION
• LACK OF SKILLS
• DIFFICULTY OF TEXT

EASY

Processing used for decoding not available for comprehension

Model (they think we were born reading from the womb)

Academic and required reading vs. choice reading

Time Stategies

Classroom Time

• How much time do students actually spend reading?
• Weigh any activity-is it worth doing instead of reading?

Accountability

• reading checks
• open-note
• annotations in text
• open text

Start small and build stamina

Delineated time frame with accountable measure at end

Reading at home...

For some students - it is a "walk in the park", others are "climbing Everest".

Consistent accountability for reading at home

How much time are they reading?

If they are not reading at home and there is no time spent silently reading in your class...

They may go an entire year WITHOUT READING.

...this means they will end the year MORE BEHIND than they began.

Strategy: Article of the Week

Strategy: reading checks

Strategy: rehearsed reading

Strategy:10 minute/sponge book

Read the Readers

Writing practice is more visible than reading practice. Don't let that stop you.

Strategy: choral reading

Strategy: alternate reading

Strategy: recorded reading (key passages, whole sections, important quotes)

Strategy: echo reading

Invisible Reading

How can the Literacy Virus spread in the digital age?

We have to be the lead reader in our room.

What are you reading?

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