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WHY: The research-based rationale in support of this Advanced Literacy strategy.
It benefits ALL students to read challenging texts. Students at lower independent reading levels should be reading more difficult texts with teacher support and also engage in texts that they can read independently.
HOW: Resources, materials, and support to implement this Advanced Literacy strategy.
Teaching Flexibly with Leveled Text: More Power for Your Reading Block by Kathryn Glasswell, Michael P Ford
Teaching Flexibly with Leveled Text: More Power for Your Reading Block by Kathryn Glasswell, Michael P Ford
Teachers need to balance between varying instructional support and varying text levels for students.
Varying instructional support: teachers must help all students access text that may be too difficult for a student to access independently. Some ways to do that are:
- Restructuring shared reading, grouping students who can work independently together and students who need more direct support together.
- Assist below level students in accessing parts of text through strategies like jigsaw
When it comes to students reading on their own independent level:
- Ensure you have enough content area texts at a variety of levels
- Build as diverse a library as possible
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