Strategies for
Struggling Readers
WORD CALLER
Nov. 23
Nicole Lakusta
Educational Technology Facilitator
nlakusta@psd70.ab.ca
Twitter: @nlakusta
Meet Lizzie
What Lizzie says….
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I do not know what it says.
I do not know the answers.
Read it aloud.
What are the expectations?
I don’t know how to explain it.
• Reads orally.
• Ability to respond to factual
questions; must reread and
response is disorganized.
• Cannot generalize,
summarize, analyze, infer or
evaluate.
• Unable to grasp relevance.
Read: What
can you do to
help the
“Word Caller”
PAIR SHARE
QUARTET CONVERSE
Strategies you can
use to help the
“Word Caller”
Letter off as A,B,C
Trio-share
TOOLBOX
7. Envisioning words
8. Three things I’d like to know
9. Cornell notes
10. You be the jury
11. I believe
12. Alike but different
Envisioning Words
Three Things I’d Like to Know
Cornell Notes
You Be the Jury
I Believe
Alike but Different
ONLINE
• Visualize – RWG, ManyEyes, Word Q, Proloquo2go ex and
info
• Model and coach pre-reading – SchoolTube, AnimotoEdu
• Visualize vocab – Visuwords, VisualThesaurus, MerriamWebster
• Tagging info – Diigo
• List and share – Notebook, Elmo, Gdocs, Mword, TitanPad,
TodaysMeet, Prezi
REFERENCES
Allen. J., (2008). More Tools for Teaching Content Literacy. York: Stenhouse Publishers.
Beers, S. & Howell, L. (2003). Reading Strategies for the Content Areas, Volume 1: An ASCD
Action Tool. ASCD
Chapman, C., & King, R. (2003). Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas.
Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.
Lipton, L. & Wellman, B. (2011). Groups at Work. Sherman, CT. MiraVia, LLC
Nagy, W., (1988). Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension. Urbana: Eric
Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills.
PSD Readers Wiki - http://psdreaders.wikispaces.com
Peter Pappas Blog site
Strong, R., (2002). Reading for Academic Success: Powerful Strategies for Struggling, Average, and Advanced
Readers, Grades 7-12. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.
Strong, R., Silver, H., & Perini, M. (2007). Reading for Academic Success, Grades 2-6. Thousand Oaks: Corwin
Press.
Wormeli, R., (2004). Summarization in Any Subject. City: Association for Supervision &
Curriculum Deve.