Intervention & Instruction
How to Take Grades in Secondary Reading Intervention
Grading in middle school reading intervention made manageable with quick skill checks, weekly passage work, and rubric-based fluency assessments.
Grading in middle school reading intervention made manageable with quick skill checks, weekly passage work, and rubric-based fluency assessments.
Choice plays a meaningful role in motivating older students in reading intervention. Here are some strategies to help!
A strategic routine for building comprehension at the sentence level You may have a student who can read every word in a sentence and still
The covert piece often missing in reading intervention Many middle and high school students can read the words on a page but still struggle to
Addressing the skills your older struggling readers may have missed Many middle and high school teachers do not have a background that would help them
Helping older students crack the code If you ask secondary teachers about decoding, many will immediately think of young readers sounding out simple words. By
What Secondary Teachers Need to Know When people hear the word “fluency,” they often picture elementary students racing through leveled readers while a teacher counts
Readability scores can be misleading. Learn what they measure, what they miss, and how to use them to support older struggling readers.
Use an information reading interest survey to match books to students, build motivation, and support striving readers One of the simplest ways to grow readers
Learn how to make better intervention decisions for literacy success with rubrics that weigh multiple data points.
Help older readers build fluency and boost comprehension with practical strategies for addressing accuracy, phrasing, expression, and reading rate. Discover common fluency errors, how to assess them, and age-appropriate tools designed for middle school students.
Spend your limited budget making your literacy instruction more efficient and effective with this curated list! Districts spend millions of dollars on bloated literacy programs
As an experienced teacher, trainer, and leader, I help experienced teachers who feel overwhelmed and unprepared for addressing the needs of struggling older readers overcome their panic and distress, so they can make a bigger impact on their students.
