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Language-focused learning activities

Read the excerpt from Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students and view a sample language-focused learning activity. This activity explains and utilizes the Frayer Model to assist students in learning the spelling, grammatical, and morphological features of academic words in addition to their meanings. Read More

Literacy for students with significant disabilities

In this chapter excerpt, get answers to common questions about literacy instruction for students with severe disabilities, like "My student's congition is so low--where do I begin?" and "How can I teach my student to read when he can't even hold a pencil?" Read More

Components of Effective Instruction for Reading

Excerpted from Effective Instruction for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties, this chapter lays out the most important practices that educators should use in order to reach the struggling readers of their classroom. Read More

Delivering effective instruction

Read the except and discover seven important elements of effective instruction for students with reading difficulties. Topics discussed in this excerpt are as follows: explicit instruction, targeted instruction, time on task, quick pacing of lessons, positive feedback, corrective feedback, and student motivation. Read More

Becoming an effective literacy teacher

Read the excerpt for an overview of the expectations and responsibilities of a tutor, three critical considerations for effective and efficient instruction, how to work with parents, and descriptions of Common Core State Standards and multi-tiered systems of support. Read More

How to fit interventions for struggling readers into your day

How do you fit supplemental support for struggling readers into your day? This is a dilemma faced by many busy classroom teachers. See what the authors of the new edition of Interventions for Reading Success suggest. Here are their answers to some of teachers' most common questions about managing intervention activities for their struggling readers. Read More