Read the following Reading Rockets article, Best Practices in Planning Interventions for Students With Reading Problems (Links to an external site.).
Create one of the following instructional/informational resource (video, presentation handout, informational pamphlet, newsletter, etc.) to assist new reading teachers in increasing reading performance in their classroom.
In your resource, discuss EACH of the following topics discussed in the article that address the prevention, identification and remediation of reading difficulties.
1. Characteristics of Students with Reading Problems-
two types of students with reading problems
word recognition difficulties
limited letter-level knowledge
phonological processing difficulties
phonemic awareness
orthographic processing
gaining meaning from text
inferential comprehension
2. Identification Process-
Collaborative Team Model
data-based intervention methods (observations, interviews and assessments, treatment integrity and progress monitoring)
3. Remediation Strategies and Best Practices-
scaffolding
shaping
connecting to prior knowledge
constructing meaning
motivating students
providing opportunities to learn
word level interventions
phonic approaches
sight word recognition
higher-order interventions
