Tools+for+Struggling+Readers

Struggling Readers
According to a book entitled, "Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger's, Tourette's, and Bipolar, and More", written by Martin L. Kutscher, M.D., the tag "late bloomer", is dead. According to research stated in his book, 88% of poor readers at the end of their 1st grade year will be poor readers at the end of their 4th grade year. Early intervention is the key. He writes that students from kindergarten to 3rd grade should be repeatedly screened formally and informally. He writes that 56-92% of poor readers have been brought up to average when interventions are implemented. How do you spot struggling readers? He lists these signs as red flags:


 * Students don't know the names of letters by early kindergarten
 * Students don't know the sounds of letters by late kindergarten
 * Students can't decode and read fluently by the 2nd part of 1st grade.


 * Marie Clay**

[|Reading Recovery Program] This is a program currently being used in the Lincoln, NE school systems. I got this resource from my sister-in-law, Amy Vernon. I wanted to share. It is based on the works of **Marie Clay**, a native of New Zealand. It targets those students who despite well designed classroom programs and teaching, their path would otherwise be austerely predetermined.

Her intellectual curiosity drove her ambitions to ask fundamental questions such as, "What is possible when we change the design and delivery of traditional education for children that teachers find hard to teach?" Her discoveries pointed to this solution: early identification and instruction of these children.

As a result, her biggest contribution to literacy development is the question, "What is possible for individual learners when the teaching permits different routes to be taken for the desired outcomes?" Her desire to find answers to these questions has helped the lowest achieving students learn and achieve.

[|Reading Recovery Council of North America] Stay up to date on the latest news regarding reading instruction, professional development, and research by following their FaceBook page.


 * Literacy Firs**t

The[| Literacy First] program is research based and proven to "help close the gap" in AYP scores among sub-groups. It operates on the premise that assessment drives instruction. It promotes explicit instruction and assessment to expertly and concisely identify the skills students are not mastering. Data collection follows all students from PK up as they master each intricate and related skill.

Memory Game from Literacy First site Building Expert Readers to work on words ending in the consonant blend //ft// //[|Memory]//


 * Blog**

[|Leslie University for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative]

**50 Useful Apps for Students with Reading Disabilities**
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 * YouTube Channel:**

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 * Peter Pappas**

How to Use **Web 2.0** to Teach //Literacy **Strategies** to Struggling Readers//

Referencing resource from Peter Pappas - his blog "Copy Paste" []

Summarizing Comparing I've selected some Web 2.0 sites that will enable students to use the strategies in a variety online settings. I've picked free sites that have easy learning curves. For example, we will use **One Word** to negotiate meaning through images, explore summarizing text structures with **Five Card Flickr** and design comparisons with **Wordle** and **Books nGram Viewer**. Working with words Working with words and images Kid-friendly search sites
 * Students should be asked to make their own judgments about what’s important to them (instead of just repeating the details the teacher highlights).
 * Students will be able to more readily summarize, if they are asked to share what they’ve learned with an audience other than the teacher. They need use a text structure to organize their thinking.
 * Students should develop the comparison, not simply repeat the model that we present to them.
 * Student should be asked to share what they learned from the comparison. They need use a text structure to organize their thinking.
 * 1) Explore word frequency with **Wordle**
 * 2) Search published works with **Google Books Ngram Viewer**
 * 3) Foster writing skills with **One Word** writing prompts
 * 4) Expand vocabulary and word choice with **TelescopicText **
 * 1) Create mindmaps and graphic organizers with **Bubbl.us **
 * 2) Drag and drop words to create poem based on a photo with **Pic-Lits**
 * 3) Foster visual thinking and creative writing with **Five Card Flickr**
 * 1) **SweetSites**
 * 2) **Ask Kids**

87 Free Web 2.0 Projects for the K12 Classroom []

Building Literacy Skills with Wordle []


 * Defining Skills
 * Summarizing Skills
 * Analyzing Skills

Terry Feldman's free downloadable book []

Thank you to Peter Pappas, classroom teacher of 25 years and blogger, for sharing an amazing amount of insight and experience for the betterment of all students.

1910 French Postcards - Peter Pappas (use Google translator - in French)

From a **series of images** (circa 1910) attributed to French artist Villemard in which he predicted Paris life in 2000. Hat tip to **D'Arcy Norman** []

Teachers Are Destroying America - Thank you Peter Pappas []

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