Contents tagged with Teaching Reading Tips
-
Dyslexia: Separating the Facts from the Fiction
There are many myths and misunderstandings about dyslexia in both the private and educational sectors. A large number of these misconceptions persist in spite of recent research conducted over the … more
-
Top 5 Ways to Adapt Instruction for Struggling Readers
Up to 20 percent of students have reading difficulties. You can help these children and young adults by reexamining how you approach and adapt your early reading instruction and reading … more
-
The Real Reason Struggling Readers Get Tired of Trying
For our Reading Horizons Book Club we have been reading: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie. While reading it, this statistic sent me into a thinking frenzy: "mental work can’t … more
-
The Importance of Efficient Reading Interventions
Remedial reading teachers all share the same instructional goal: help students become fluent readers who understand what they read.
The idea is to reach this goal as quickly as possible because … more
-
5 Things Every Elementary Teacher Should Know
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has released five core propositions that all teachers should know and be able to:
Teachers are committed to students and their learning. … more
-
Creating a Safe Learning Environment for Struggling Readers
The other week Jay Matthews of the Washington Post took issue with the hit TV show, “Glee.” He has a strong distaste for its lack of emphasis on actual classroom learning and the fact that students … more
-
Different Strategies for Teaching Sight Words to Beginning Readers
By guest writer, Mark Pennington, MA Reading Specialist
Most reading teachers place some importance on the teaching of sight words. However, what each teacher means by sight words varies more than … more
-
Readers’ Theater Activity: Help Students Improve Reading Fluency
Guest Post by Ruth Harris
Ruth Harris is the creator of Literacy Connections, Songs For Teaching, and worked as a youth reading expert before creating these two websites. This post describes a … more
-
Obstacles to Reading
When I was a fifth-grade student, my teacher, Mrs. Pezzapone, taught us that reading would reward us with new adventures and opportunities that we might never know without opening the pages of a … more
-
How Fun Reading Practice Can Help Struggling Readers
When was the last time you really enjoyed yourself? A vacation? An outing? A conversation? Whatever the situation was, it was probably enjoyable because it involved some type of behavior that could … more