Strategies for Struggling Readers

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Nicole LakustaEducational Technology Facilitator

nlakusta@psd70.ab.caTwitter: @nlakusta

Meet Lizzie

What Lizzie says….

• I do not know what it says.• I do not know the answers.• Read it aloud.• What are the expectations?• I don’t know how to explain it.

• Reads orally.• Ability to respond to factual

questions; must reread and response is disorganized.

• Cannot generalize, summarize, analyze, infer or evaluate.

• Unable to grasp relevance.

Read: What can you do to help the “Word Caller”PAIR SHARE

QUARTET CONVERSE

Strategies you can use to help the “Word Caller”

Letter off as A,B,CTrio-share

TOOLBOX

7. Envisioning words8. Three things I’d like to know9. Cornell notes10. You be the jury11. I believe12. Alike but different

Envisioning Words

Three Things I’d Like to Know

Cornell Notes

You Be the Jury

I Believe

Alike but Different

ONLINE• Visualize – RWG, ManyEyes, Word Q, Proloquo2go ex and

info

• Model and coach pre-reading – SchoolTube, AnimotoEdu

• Visualize vocab – Visuwords, VisualThesaurus, Merriam-Webster

• Tagging info – Diigo

• List and share – Notebook, Elmo, Gdocs, Mword, TitanPad, TodaysMeet, Prezi

REFERENCESAllen. J., (2008). More Tools for Teaching Content Literacy. York: Stenhouse Publishers. 

Beers, S. & Howell, L. (2003). Reading Strategies for the Content Areas, Volume 1: An ASCD Action Tool. ASCD

Chapman, C., & King, R. (2003). Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press. 

Lipton, L. & Wellman, B. (2011). Groups at Work. Sherman, CT. MiraVia, LLC

Nagy, W., (1988). Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension. Urbana: Eric Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills. 

PSD Readers Wiki - http://psdreaders.wikispaces.com

Peter Pappas Blog site 

Strong, R., (2002). Reading for Academic Success: Powerful Strategies for Struggling, Average, and Advanced Readers, Grades 7-12. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.

Strong, R., Silver, H., & Perini, M. (2007). Reading for Academic Success, Grades 2-6. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press. 

Wormeli, R., (2004). Summarization in Any Subject. City: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve.