Teach the seven strategies of highly effective readers
Engage in teacher and student think-alouds daily
Teach students how to activate prior knowledge and make connections to new knowledge
Teach students how to infer
Teach students how to monitor their comprehension
Teach students how to ask questions
Teach students how to question the author
Teach students how to search and select
Teach students how to summarize
Teach students how to graphically organize text and concepts by chunking
Use and teach concept maps
Teach students how to mark text as they read
Provide advance organizers before lessons
Use the I do it, we do it, you do it lesson plan
Provide models, examples, and nonexamples
Preview and preteach critical concepts and vocabulary
Check frequently for understanding
Assess for learning and for grading
Use and teach content vocabulary daily
Teach academic vocabulary
Teach vocabulary using graphic organizers
Reduce the cognitive load
Teach the structure of your discipline
Use easy nonfiction to build background knowledge
Determine what's hard for students and teach it
Provide easy-to-read short articles based on content standards
Assign oral-assisted repeated reading of content text
Use a variety of oral reading approaches
Vary your models, moves, and activities
Design interactive lessons
Use the cooperative learning model
Create content-based cooperative games and activities
Vary your seating and grouping arrangements
Give students reasons for reading
Develop and use scoring rubrics
Increase wait time
Build in frequent processing breaks
Use and teach mnemonic devices
Schedule writing in response to reading on a regular basis
Expect students to activate, connect, and summarize daily.
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40 ways to support struggling readers in content classrooms, grades 6-12 by Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins. ISBN 9781412952064. Published by Corwin in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
