Phonological Awareness for Older Students
Phonological and phonemic awareness has been thought of as appropriate for only early readers, but research shows that even our older struggling readers benefit from these activities! Learn more here!
Working with striving older readers with fluency and decoding needs has its own challenges. This information may help!
Phonological and phonemic awareness has been thought of as appropriate for only early readers, but research shows that even our older struggling readers benefit from these activities! Learn more here!
Support for Fluency Interventions in Secondary Reading Updated 2025 Secondary teachers often assume older students have mastered early reading skills, including decoding and fluency. As
What struggling readers are missing and how to help Fluency is a focus of instruction beginning in younger grades, but it is often associated solely
Helping your older readers develop reading fluency skills Updated 2025 To learn more about fluency above fifth grade, see our Fluency FIRST Aid on-demand professional
Support for Syllable Instruction and Next Steps in Secondary Reading Interventions While primary teachers continue to struggle with the best way to teach young students
Explore three common decoding skill errors in middle school, including using syllables to solve long words, scanning left to right, and stressing the correct syllables.
How do you know what older struggling readers need? When I started my work with middle school struggling readers, I assumed I would be working
