Teaching the Struggling Reader

Teaching the Struggling Reader Module 1
Balancing Language to Support the Meaning of Print

Do you have students who are afraid to read?  Are they understanding less than they are capable of understanding?  Module one will look at how to determine if your student is a developing reader and what works to help those struggling readers become alert and ready to learn.  Most of the time it is as simple as teachers adjust how they instruct students to read and with which strategies.  Module one will also examine the Cloze Reading Strategy which focuses on helping students deal with unfamiliar words.

• Replacing Fear with Joy
• Tools to Tackle Text
• Cloze Reading Strategy
• When and How to Teach Cloze Reading
• Oral and Written Work

Teaching the Struggling Reader Module 2   
Nicknaming, Scattered Clues and Paraphrasing

The Nickname Reading Strategy is relatively new.  Many readers struggle with figuring out how to pronounce names of people and places they encounter in stories.  This strategy will give students a way to examine words and create clues to help them remember the word when they come to it in their text.  Module two will also look at one of the most powerful reading strategies-The Scattered Clues. Another reading strategy we will explore is the Paraphrasing Reading Strategy and how it is different than the other strategies in this text.

• How to Teach the Nickname Reading Strategy
• Telling Doesn’t Work
• Why and How to Teach the Scattered Clues Reading Strategy
• Constructing Scattered Clues Reading Strategies
• How the Paraphrasing Reading Strategy is Different

Teaching the Struggling Reader Module 3
Nonsense and Pronoun Referent Reading Strategies

Do you have a student who interacts with informational texts that contain many unfamiliar words and concepts?  The Nonsense Reading Strategy will be great for that student.  Module three will guide you on how to teach students to use this strategy while reading.  Another strategy that module three will look at is the Pronoun Referent Reading Strategy, which is great to use when students are having a difficult time inferring what pronouns refer to.

• When to Teach the Nonsense Reading Strategy
• Focus on Adverbs and Connective Language
• Why and How to Teach the Pronoun Referent Reading Strategy
• Oral Language Practice
• Pronoun Referent Strategies in Guided Reading Books

Teaching the Struggling Reader Module 4
Unraveling and Kerneling Reading Strategies

When struggling readers encounter long sentences, it is hard for them to comprehend all of the ideas embedded.  Module four will look at teaching students to both unravel and create complex sentences will them understand the ideas in complex sentences, using the Unraveling Strategy.  Module four will examine the multiple types of Kerneling Reading Strategies and the type of readers to use this method with.

• When to Teach Unraveling
• How to Teach the Unraveling Reading Strategy
• How to Teach the Kerneling Reading Strategy
• Getting Started with Kerneling
• Types of Kerneling Reading Strategies