Allowing our students to read significantly below grade level is unacceptable. As Marnie Ginsberg states, “Reading is not that hard to learn;” we can’t accept anything less. She shares countless strategies for teachers to utilize to help develop our students into stronger readers.
Great ideas for providing the students with the best reading instruction we can! Let's support all of our readers. Click To Tweet- The data we often receive is too vague to know what students can and cannot do. Assess your students and hold yourself accountable.
- Evaluating all factors contributing to a student’s lack of reading ability can be overwhelming.
- Phonics is not enough; we need to develop phonemic awareness.
- For older students, use a non-sense word test to determine whether it is a decoding problem.
- Word sorts are a powerful way to reinforce phonemic skills.
- Utilize discovery strategies to allow students to find the skills needed to be successful.
- We must evaluate our role and responsibility to all learners while trying to do the best for students.
- Book: Reading Reflex
- Book: THE First Days of School by Harry Wong.
- Book: THE Classroom Management Book by Harry Wong.
Website: readingsimplified.org
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