Phonological Awareness and Phonics: Why Older Struggling Readers Might Still Need Both
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
Working with striving older readers with fluency and decoding needs has its own challenges. This information may help!
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
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.
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
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
