Hesitant & Struggling Readers
Resources
- Helping Struggling Readers
Why do some students struggle with reading and what can be done to increase their success? These questions plague teachers and parents and are ones that compelled us to search for answers. - Selected Strategies for Struggling Readers
This list might be useful for teachers and parents to use to discuss specific classroom tasks to support struggling readers. - New Teacher: Building Successful Readers
A book talk is an energetic discussion about a book or books, done with a whole class, small groups, or an individual child. It is strategically designed to yield big results. The positive outgrowth of book talks is that my students read because they want to, not because I ask them to. - Literacy Matters: Parents
Do you have a child in middle school or high school who is having difficulty with reading and writing? Are these difficulties having an impact on performance? Do you want guidance for offering help at home? If so, welcome to Literacy Matters. - Literacy Matters: Adolescent Literature
Literature about individual differences. - Publishing for Dyslexic Readers
Kind friends pointed out that this seemed an unrealistic and foolhardy project, because reluctant readers do not of course buy books. But throughout a long teaching career I had always felt passionately that less able readers were often short-changed and patronised in what they were offered. I wanted to try a new approach. - Building Blocks
The PAC (Pittston Area Capable) Readers program in Pittston, Pennsylvania has created a positive attitude toward nutrition and reading. "Breakfast and books, two ordinary things that have become an extraordinary and successful combination in our schools," says the program's co-founder.
Resources Specifically for Boys
- Guys Read
Statistics and anecdotal evidence shows that boys are having trouble reading. The basic idea of GUYS READ is that boys can be motivated to read by connecting with texts they will want to read. What boys like to read is not often the same as what they are required to read. Literary fiction is the mainstay of required school reading. Yet boys often prefer non-fiction, humor, information, comics/graphic novels, and more humor.
