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Adolescent Literacy: Addressing the Needs of Students in Grades 4-12 (23 pages). This book chapter defines adolescent literacy, summarizes what we know about the literacy skills of adolescent and adults in the U.S., and presents a review of the research on effective literacy instruction for students in grades 4-12. It also presents a model for literacy planning model that addresses six components.
Helping Your Child with Organization and Study Skills (14 pages). An article for parents that includes information that will help you improve your teen's study skills. Helpful tips are provided for: creating a study space, helping your teen manage his/her time, tools and strategies for improving study skills, organization skills, note taking skills, and more.
What Every Educator and Parent Should Know About Reading Instruction (8 pages). In this article about reading instruction, Joan Sedita implores parents and educators to familiarize themselves with the scientific-based research and what it tells us about teaching reading comprehension. Topics explored are: phonemic awareness instruction, phonics instruction, fluency instruction, vocabulary instruction, and text comprehension instruction.
Effective Vocabulary Instruction(10 pages). This article for educators offers ideas for: effective vocabulary instruction strategies, indirect vocabulary instruction, direct vocabulary instruction, analyzing word structure, selecting vocabulary words, and the like. Learn the connection between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension, and the differences between good and poor readers, and so much more. Video on Six-step process: http://www.ascd.org/Publications/Newsletters/Education-Update/eu-nov12-vocab.aspx
Basic Teaching Principles (3 pages). This article for educators includes teaching principles that are universal; they represent good pedagogy for any instruction setting, but they are particularly effective for students with learning disabilities.
Middle and High School Reading Achievement: A School-Wide Approach (7 pages). An effective, school-wide model for teaching reading should include a two-prong approach: a plan for providing reading instruction to good readers and a plan for providing reading instruction to struggling readers. This article for educators presents ideas for achieving school-wide reading comprehension for both audiences.
Dr. Kevin Feldman - RTI / Secondary January 23, 2013
Dr. Kevin Feldman - RTI / Secondary January 23, 2013
Interventions for Adolescent Struggling Readers: A meta-analysis with implications for practice
Adolescent Literacy Project January 22, 2013
Adolescent Literacy Project January 22, 2013
ESU10's ALP blog with resources
Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices
Fisher and Frye. Close Reading. Google Search results. Text Dependent Questions
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