Meeting the Needs of Struggling Readers Using Practical

Meeting the Needs of Struggling Readers Using Practical Strategies, Differentiated Instruction and Co-teaching

Presenters: Tracy Zarate EL Teacher/Co-Teacher South Junior High Molly Mc. Millan School Counselor/former EL & Co-Teacher Karyn Boersig English Teacher/Co-Teacher

Essential Question Who are my struggling readers and what strategies can I use to support their literacy development?

Who are our struggling readers? ● Learning Disabled ● Language Learners/Bilingual Learners ● children of poverty ● students with limited early literacy experiences

School-wide ● ● Co-teaching @ South Fostering school-wide support Scheduling without tracking Choosing peer models

What are possible gaps? Word Level phonemic awareness phonics alphabetic principle/decoding syllabication prefix/suffix/root words Text Level comprehension skills vocabulary visualization making connections

Model spelling by syllables with vocabulary. Also teach root words, prefixes and suffixes. po ta to potato re main der remainder run ning mono theism running Mono=one theism=belief in god

Show words transform: effect, effective, ineffective, effectively, effectiveness

Building background is extremely important!!! Don’t make any assumptions about background knowledge!!! ● limited experiences=difficult to make connections ○ a trip to the zoo ● reverse the order-culminating activity first ● graphic novels ● “I can read Swahili!”

Oral Vocabulary/Building Background Tear Away Activity

How do I build background? ● ● know your students’ language levels glacier vocabulary make connections use images/video clips

Vocabulary Strategy: Linear Array Shades of Meaning

Use Leveled Texts ● Use grade level text for modeling of comprehension skills and grade level content, BUT. . . ● students must practice and apply skills with text at their instructional level. ● Start with two different levels ● How about audio? Sometimes.

Sources for leveled texts https: //www. tweentribune. com https: //online. kidsdiscover. com *Rewordify *Text Compactor https: //newsela. com https: //www. myon. com/login https: //www. dogonews. com https: //www. readworks. org https: //breakingnewsenglish. com https: //www. readinga-z. com https: //www. commonlit. org http: //larryferlazzo. edublogs. org/2014/11/16/the-best-places-to-get-the-sametext-written-for-different-levels/ http: //mrnussbaum. com/fourth-grade-reading-comprehension-printables/

Are you assessing content knowledge or language and reading? Plan an accommodated assessment based upon: ● language level ● reading level Give your students the opportunity to “show what they know”

Vocabulary Strategy: Concept Circles Making Connections Differentiation Assessment Closure