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Gayle Lotterman - Strategies for Struggling Readers

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Gayle Lotterman - Strategies for Struggling Readers

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1. Identify weaknesses and start there by targeting those skills, whether it be comprehension, fluency, or expression, etc.
2. Variety is important - give a variety of lessons, materials, student groupings, books, etc.
3. Model and teach different thinking strategies - you could even provide a list of these strategies and see if students pick out what strategy you are using as you model.
4. Give lots of book options and include choices for students, even during read aloud time.
5. Increase literacy time and instruction in other subjects.
6. Pair older students with younger students to provide struggling readers with mentors.

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Anja Mast--Strategies for Struggling Readers

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Anja Mast--Strategies for Struggling Readers

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1. Offer lots of variety and choice of books--particularly books that may be considered too easy in order to build confidence and fluency.
2. Lots of read aloud with discussion of reading strategies, modeled by teacher.
3. Testing carefully for cause of literacy struggle using Comprehensive Scale and Oral Reading Fluency Scale.
4. Transmediation--assuming children have more to share so offer choices of making posters, poetry, mind maps and drama.
5. Student mentors--pairing up second language learners with caring and helpful native speakers in classroom.
6. Modeling literacy strategies through all subjects including math and science.

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Strategies for Struggling Reader- Melissa Vanderstelt

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Strategies for Struggling Reader- Melissa Vanderstelt

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1. Help the child to build relationships with the students around them.  In PK we can use interest areas that they enjoy and find others who have this in common.
2. Building vocabulary through repeated read alouds with focus words and definitions.
3. Giving lots of options for books and letting children choose what they would like to read.
4. Gradual release of responsibility and expectations for reading and writing.
5. Classroom word walls that have words that most know, but can support struggling students.
6. Doing a quality assessment on a student such as a running record to have the most data about where their independent and instructional levels are.

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Debra Rajaratne--Tips for Struggling Readers

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Debra Rajaratne--Tips for Struggling Readers

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1. Create motivation by giving the students choice in their learning

2. Pair up ELL learners in a groups with a strong and caring native speaker.  They make connections and will learn more English while working around/with native English speakers

3. Practicing explicit teaching (Anita Archer--Choral Responding to eliminate problem behavior.

4. Flashcards with words and tracking it to monitor standard acceleration of terms. Practicing identification of words increases opportunity for student to work towards fluency (recall of word and pronunciation of that word correctly as quickly as possible.)  One could use flashcards created uses by quizlet)

5. Creating a three prong approach to teaching vocabulary. Start out with common words, Foe every word, say it out loud and draw it on the board. They will be able to make a connection between the word your saying, what it looks like, and the last step would be to write down the word on the board.

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1. Letting students have a choice in their selections of topics.
2. Use assessments to learn about what your students need to influence your instructional time.
3.Model  strategies for students
4. Help students find books that are in their level and they can practice reading successfully.
5. Find out a cause of struggle- multisyllabic words for jenny were a struggle and causing her to not want to read.
6.Find an interest to help children with reading- plays
7. Help students find small success and build confidence- picture walks
8. Have students practice as much as you can. Include reading into lessons whenever possible.

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Katlyn Harrison - Strat. for Struggling Readers

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Katlyn Harrison - Strat. for Struggling Readers

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1. Pair an older struggling reader with a younger struggling reader

2. Implement Tier 2 interventions for struggling readers

3. Have students read grade level passages to figure out their comprehension level by having students retell and answer questions

4. Do a running record on a student to see if decoding is an issue for the student and as student reads listen to his/her fluency

5. Model thinking strategies for students that struggle with comprehension. Then, the student read and shares his/her thinking.

6. Use graphic organizers to help students organize their thinking.

7. Have students match longer words with shorter words that end the same way. Then, students will recognize the word ending and be able to read the whole word easier (rhyming words).

8. Do a picture walk with students that are struggling reading words.

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1. Let students have a choice
2. Read aloud to students. Having students listen to someone read is extremely beneficial.
3. The teacher should model work to students
4. Include literacy throughout the day in subjects like math and science
5. Responding to your reading in notebooks or quick jots
6. Repeated reading helps with fluency
7. Independent reading time everyday

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Strategies for Struggling Readers-Sonja Engelsma

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Strategies for Struggling Readers-Sonja Engelsma

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1. Include informational texts and magazines in your read-alouds.
2. Let students choose what they want to read.
3. Have students re-read books.
4. Assessment is extremely important in order for a teacher to differentiate.
5. Have older, struggling readers work with younger, struggling readers.
6. Practice oral reading fluency.
7. Have students reading in all subject areas: reading, writing, math, science, social studies, etc.
8. Teach thinking strategies: call up and connect what you know, predict and ask questions, visualize and imagine, summarize and recap, make inferences, monitor comprehension, evaluate, make judgements, and form opinions.

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Samantha DeVries- Strategies for Struggling Readers

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Samantha DeVries- Strategies for Struggling Readers

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1. Genre- lots of them including but not limited to comics, graphic novels, HILo lexile levels
2. audio copies of books that they can follow along with
3. Graphic organizers like ABC notes to engage their creativity as well as allow them to contribute to discussion
4. Read Aloud to students modeling good reading strategies
5. Independent reading time
6. Sometimes I use the same article but at different lexile levels so that students can read the article and discuss it.
7. Make learning interactive.

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1. Make sure your classroom library has a variety of topics for students to choose from and includes different types of texts so students have autonomy in what they read.
2. Model to students  how to use thinking strategies such as making connections to their own lives, making predictions, or keeping notes as you read.
3. Use graphic organizers to make sense of the events, characters, and conflict within a story.
4. Give students plenty of time to practice reading in the classroom. Conference with students so they are able to use that reading time to read something they enjoy that is at their instructional reading level.
5. Incorporate multiple reading techniques in the classroom such as choral reading, echo reading, independent reading, partner reading, etc.
6. Use informational texts to supplement a fictional text. This will help introduce key words or background information a student may not have which hinders text comprehension.
7. Have students read and write in all of their classes, not just during ELA time.

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1. Partner older students with younger students. This will help both students grow as readers because the older students are practicing reading  fluently and modeling for the younger students. This can also help build confidence.
2.Allow for choice in multiple areas including reading, writing, and the graphic organizer used. Students will want to read and write about what they know and care about. Guide students toward interest and level but still allow choice. With the graphic organizers model how to use each one and then let the students pick which one to use.
3. Echo read with students to help with fluency. Have the students echo your expression. Plays or readers theaters are a great opportunity for echo reading multiple times before the struggling reader tries to read the lines on their own.
4. Model and do shared think aloud with students. Always model  reading and your think aloud process. Allow students to tell you what they say and hear you doing. You can also allow students to guess what strategy your are modeling.
5. Using rhyme to teach students how to figure out tricky words.

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Katie Gale-Stategies for Struggling Readers

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Katie Gale-Stategies for Struggling Readers

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1.     Partner older students up with younger student to help all of them grow.

2.     Figure out where specifically your students are struggling, fluency, comprehension, phonics, etc. Don’t just assume that all students are struggling in the same areas even though they all might be “low.”

3.     Teach, model and practice thinking strategies and encourage students to use them.

4.     Make sure you are giving your students time to read things that they enjoy and that are at their level.

5.     Use word identification strategies to help students who struggle with decoding.

6.     Use a variety of strategies when working with your students. All students are different and what works for one, won’t work for them all.

7.     Let your students CHOOSE their own books!

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1. Conferring during Reading Workshop. Having the opportunity to talk one on one with each student about what they are reading and helping them with skills and strategies to become better readers.
2. Using sentence frames for writing/speaking. Example: "My reason is __________. My evidence for this is ______________."
3. Making sure students are reading the same amount of fiction and non-fiction text.
4. Helping students find books they love to read and offering choice. When students (especially struggling readers)  are reading books they are not interested in, they won't be as engaged or willing to read.
5. Word Walls/Grammar Walls.
6. Books Clubs. Having students of a similar level reading the same book and having a chance to discuss the book with one another and implement strategies learning during the Mini-Lesson while they read with one another.
7. Incorporating Reading/Writing across the curriculum. Using ELA skills during social studies, science, math, etc. will help students become more proficient.
8. Interactive Read a loud. Using your read a loud time to also stop and teach strategies and talk about the deeper meaning of the text with students.

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Carly De Leeuw - Strategies for Struggling Readers

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Carly De Leeuw - Strategies for Struggling Readers

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1. Have students choral read, echo read, or fill in a word that you "drop".
2. As students are reading, have them predict what will happen, visualize what they are reading, stop and summarize, make inferences, and evaluate their reading.
3. Complete shared think-alouds: have students guess strategies that you are using (inferring from pictures, using context clues, etc...) and guess which ones they are using.
4. Complete a scavenger hunt/"beat the clock" where students have to answer as many questions as possible in a certain time using non-fiction text features.
5. Have kids echo read your dialogue/plays.
6. Use pictures to make inferences about reading.
7. Make individualized word walls/notebooks based on what students are learning at their own comprehension level.

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Dan Van Wyk - Differentiation and RTI for struggling readers.

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Dan Van Wyk - Differentiation and RTI for struggling readers.

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1. Add as much Informational Text (Non-Fiction) to the class library to keep add variety.
2. Include multicultural books that may attract ELL students or help make connections to communities.
3. Let students choose what they want to read.
4. Involve reading and writing during other academic studies (Math, Science, Social Studies, ect.)
5. Use Quantity, Variety and Choice to help develop vocabulary and interest in a variety of topics and genre's.
6. Pair older struggling students with younger struggling students to create positive connections and mentoring opportunities. Older students can practice easy texts while mentoring younger readers.
6. Make sure to assess reading comprehension often.

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Allison Nieboer - Strategies for Struggling Readers

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Allison Nieboer - Strategies for Struggling Readers

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1. Create partnerships between struggling readers from different grade levels.

2. Use think-alouds to demonstrate how readers think about their texts. Have students imitate think-alouds and guide them through demonstration to deepen their thinking gradually.

3. Use Graphic Organizers to understand the structure of informational texts.

4. Increase vocabulary by using words with known-parts and unknown parts. The student will be more likely to be successful with the new words.

5. Use plays and echo reading to increase fluency. Allow students to use character voices.

6. Preview new books for fluency indications. Look for question marks and exclamation marks. These sentences should sound different and it helps to give the student a heads up.

7. Provide choice! But guide towards known interests and good levels of difficulty.

8. “Guess the Covered Word” activity for figuring out unknown words.

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Mikaela Geers - Strategies for Struggling Readers

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Mikaela Geers - Strategies for Struggling Readers

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1- Pair students that struggle with reading at different grades together for the older to tutor the other. They get practice reading and gain confidence while practicing skills.
2- Determine the students areas of struggle to target in a smaller group
3- Depending on the area the student needs to improve, it is important that assess the student using scales. This allows for the teacher to see how the student is responding to the intervention and helps to target instruction.
4- Allow student to read lots of independent reading materials
5- Use student interests to guide reading materials.
6- Teaching word patterns and using repetition to practice is helpful.

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1) Use a variation of pedagogy and material to engage all readers.
2) Find relevant, culturally appropriate and engaging texts to engage the unwilling.
3) Read early and often, the more the better.
4) Pull Out groups and one to one reading time.  Working with like leveled students, one staff member pulls small groups and works on decoding and fluency.
5) Allow for student choice in the material.
6) Choral reading and teacher reading to the class regularly. Having students follow along in a safe way for their confidence.

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Strategies for Struggling Readers - Daling 

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Strategies for Struggling Readers - Daling 

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1. You have to be willing to use a variety of different materials, lesson formats, and student groupings in order to keep engagement up and help those who are struggling.
2. Once you have determined what component of reading is hardest for your student, be willing to share different strategies with them. For example, if they struggle with comprehension, have them read aloud and then visualize or imagine what things look, feel, sound, taste, and smell like. Once they get the hang of a strategy, introduce them to a new one!
3. Model different thinking strategies, or even tell the student which strategy to use, but over time have your students choose which strategies they believe will work best.
4. When students struggle with decoding bigger, multi-syllabic words, use the "Words You Know" framework that focuses on using one syllabic words to help you decode larger words. LOVED this idea - I myself have students who struggle with this. Use patterns from other words to help you decode.
5. For those students who struggle with fluency, try to have them echo your voice through plays for children stories (ex. Jack and the Beanstalk).
6. Use a picture walk in order for students to feel more confidently about the vocabulary words found in text. This helps them hunt for the words and feel more confident in them when they get up to them in their reading.
7. Increase reading and writing, not just during a set block time, but make sure to incorporate it into your other class periods (science, math, etc).

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Strategies for Struggling Readers- Hentschel

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Strategies for Struggling Readers- Hentschel

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* Use a wide variety of lessons and types of grouping to reach every type of learner
*Incorporate reading and writing in all subject areas
*Allow students to choose their own books
* Have a variety of books available for students; including, multicultural and non-fiction.
*Re-read text. You can do this chorally, through echo reading, or following along with a recording.
*Could incorporate tutoring program with another grade level teacher. Older students benefit by practicing and teaching. Younger students learn and gain confidence.
*Assess students in order to figure out what area of reading they are struggling in and provide one on one or small group intervention.

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1. It's important to use a variety of teaching strategies.
2. Student engagement is vital.  Struggling readers often don't like reading.
3. Students should be reading and writing frequently. Quantity is important.
4. Provide choice of books to read and have a variety.  Males tend to prefer nonfiction.
5.Partnering older struggling readers with younger struggling readers can be helpful.
6. It is vital to determine which area of reading the reader is struggling with.  One size doesn't fit all.
7. Strategies like "Guess the Covered Word" and "Use a Word You Know" can be helpful activities depending on the area the student is struggling in.

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*"Now tell me everything you remember from your reading" I like how the prompt is very open ended.and the comprehension scale as a quick formative assessment.
*Doing think-alouds to model how to use thinking strategies while reading.
* Teaching students instead of skipping multi-syllabic words, try breaking them into chunks.
* teaching students word patterns such as prefix, suffix, word families, etc to help with their word identification
* teaching students to read with expression to increase fluency. Using fun voices, reading plays.
* finding books that interest students and helping them create a book list, setting goals.
* using variety in the strategies teachers use.  Making sure the strategy matches the students' needs
* Choice-allowing students ownership letting them decide what to read and write at times.
* Quantity-trying to incorporate reading and writing into many areas of educations.

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1. Using whole group instruction, small group instruction, and individual instruction to help struggling readers.
2. Creating different Tiers in the classroom to accommodate all readers.
3. Knowing your students and where their struggles are in reading.
4. Giving students a choice of what to read. Having books in the classroom that meet the interests of your students.
5. Allowing students to reread the same books to build their confidence in reading.
6. Teaching students tools to help them break down words they may not know, instead of them always skipping those words when they read.
7. Modeling to students how to read informational text. Showing them how to create a graphic organizer to organize their thoughts or facts.

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*Curbing student focus for small group or independent time based on their need is always best vs teaching phonics to all.
*Students who struggle don't learn as much vocabulary from reading, because they tend to shy away from it. Targeted vocabulary lessons may be needed.
*Choice can cause students to want to engage in regular classroom activities, such as reading.. This in turn increases ability through practice, practice, practice.
*Not all students will respond to differentiation the same way. Variety can assist in engagement and targeting student areas of need. Lessons may include many different learning styles.
*Allowing more opportunity to engage in meaningful reading and writing activities that are appropriate for student's current levels is important.
*The more that we can cater to individual needs, the better the results we will receive. If student needs are being met, their growth potential is significantly higher.
*Older students may be effective in helping younger students who are struggling, while they build skills of their own to teach the younger students skills they can use.