ARTICLES FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMS

9 secrets to lift struggling readders
www.scholastic.com/instructor
 Scholastic instructor Spring 2012 Pg 52
1. Look at the big picture
- comprehension
- peruse the book
- making predictions
- encourage them to talk about what might part of the story

2.  INVEST IN FLUENCY
-    Read alouds
-   Shared reading
-  using pictures
- understanding characters
- learning expressions

3.  CRACK THE CODE
-  To decode the written language
- literacy instruction

4. STRESS THE FUNDAMENTALS
-   Struggling readers require targeted specific instruction
-spend a few minutes assessing individual students' difficulties and develop activities to assist them

5. Send strategies home
-  Struggling readers often don't know how to integrate 'school reading' with the reading they encounter in real life

6. Let interests lead the way
- Introduce other formats, besides books eg comics, graphics. series books

7. Get Graohic
- graphic novels often appeal tp older struggling readers, making them a great way to build reading skills.

8. Build confidence
- To help students build confidence, set them up for small successes.  Contests may motivate some struggling readers.  Others respond well to rewards and incentives.

9. Develop effective routines
- Make reading a part of their daily lives.  Set up support systems at home.  Register at your local library.

TEXTING IMPROVES SPELLING
Scholastic instructor Spring 2012  Pg 49

1.  Texting boosts phonology

2. Students know when to texr

3. Texting is a fun way to play with words

4. Inventing new textisms is creative

5. Texting does not distract students

6.  Break dowm words

7. Learn effective note-taking

8. Get immediate feedback

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