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As a teacher, we all know that there will always be those students who will struggle with reading. There is no set strategy that will work for every student. So as educators, it is our job to figure out what works best for these readers. And this book helps us to understand what these students need and what we can do for them.

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Literacy Expert Trains TX Teachers How to Help Struggling & Reluctant Readers

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What to do with students who have difficulty reading...

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What to do with students who have difficulty reading...

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- Talk to children. They need to engage in conversations to enhance their language skills, tell stories from their experiences, and listen and respond to language.
- Children need to read, talk, hear, and respond to texts. This helps them to become used to the idea of reading different types of reading material.
- Children need explicit and clear teaching to understand the fundamentals of reading.

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Make sure that your students have enough time during class to talk and share their experiences. The more students talk with each other, the more their oral skills build.

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"Rich texts are necessary to give children the foundation they need to become proficient readers and writers." (Fountas and Pinell, 2008) Students need rich and engaging books to make them want to read and enjoy it as they do.

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When teaching students who struggle with reading, you must make sure that you have string teaching in many contexts. Students need to hear texts read aloud that are engaging and have ample amounts of opportunities to interact with language. Students who struggle with reading need to spend most of their time reading and writing.

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The structure of classroom literacy instruction...

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The structure of classroom literacy instruction...

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- Whole class teaching
-Interactive read
aloud
- Shared/interactive
writing
- Shared reading
- Reading
minilesson
- Writing minilesson
- Phonics/spelling
minilesson
- Small group teaching
- Guided reading
- Book clubs
- Guided writing
- Individual teaching
- Interactions during
guided reading and
writing
- Reading conferences
- Writing conferences
- Individual teaching
during word study

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There are three strategies that students can use to become an effective reader. They are:
1.) Thinking WITHIN the text
2.) Thinking BEYOND the text
3.) Thinking ABOUT the text

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Teaching Struggling Readers And Spellers

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Not all reading difficulties are a disability...

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Not all reading difficulties are a disability...

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A lot of times teachers want to think that students who struggle with reading have a disability. They must be struggling because "something is missing." What we need to say is, "What did they miss and how can I help them attain it?"

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- They are not exposed to print at home.
- Lacking literacy instruction
- Only interaction with language and print is from a TV or electronic device.

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ASSESS!
Benchmark assessments, running records, formal and informal assessments can all help the teacher to know where a student is at when it comes to reading. It can also give them an idea of what the student is lacking in their reading abilities.

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Students need to grow their vocabulary skills every chance that they get. In order for students to understand what is going on around them and what they are reading/writing, they must have a solid understanding of the vocabulary that comes with it.

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1. Introduce them to a wide range of words in interesting texts

2. Make sure they encounter a new word many times

3. Make sure they encounter a new word in many contexts

4. Provide explicit vocabulary instruction related to each text

5. Discuss word meanings with them

6. Teach them how to recognize the important words

7. Help them recognize and use morphemes

8. Teach them to use context to derive the meanings of words

9. Teach them to use the dictionary or glossary as an aid

10. Help them integrate previously know definitions with new ones

11. Help them to use new words in discussion and writing

12. Teach them to make connections between words to understand meaning

13. Help them understand words that are used figuratively

14. Help them develop deliberate strategies for learning words

15. Encourage persistence and recognize success.

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Pinnell, G. S., & Fountas, I. C. (2017). When readers struggle: Teaching that works. Portsmouth: Heinemann.

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This book is very informative. I chose this book because I teach ELL students who struggle everyday with reading. I think this book would be a great read for anyone who has students who need help with reading. It gives great ideas and strategies on how to implement different things to get students to enjoy reading.

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1. What do you do when you encounter s struggling reader in your classroom?
2.) What strategies do you use to help them be successful?