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Reading Strategies
Teaching young people to read isn't the easiest task in the world, but in order to prepare children for their future educational journeys -- and for life as intelligent citizens -- they need to learn to read. And they need to learn to read well because it opens doors, it inspires stories and takes the reader on journeys -- not because schools require reading and it's something they "have to do." For students who do know how to read but are "stalled readers" and don't stay on a page of content for more than a few seconds, there are strategies for them as well.
Have Fun With Stalled Readers While Inspiring Them!
When a teacher creates enthusiasm and stimulates great interest in a subject, children are far more interested in whatever it is the teacher is presenting. Kids crave stories that stir up their emotions, and the teacher needs to launch into a reading assignment with the enthusiasm and spunk of a talented actor demonstrating his or her verve. Remember, the teacher is basically competing with 3-D video games that boy has at home, so make it fun and exciting!
WHO: Typically stalled readers learned to read fairly quickly in first or second grade, but somehow lost interest or perhaps got into electronic video games or TV and that was more fun than sitting down and opening a book. These children may require direct instruction in a tutorial setting and they respond better in small groups or one-on-one. Calling out a child for not knowing a word or a context in front of the whole class is a hideously rude thing to do, so no teacher worth her or his salt would do that. The child that is stalled requires the commitment of a very patient, "forward-looking professional teacher over the long haul" (Balajthy, et al., 2003). The stalled reader may have been...
He may have been embarrassed to be pulled out in front of his peers, because there is a stigma in that scenario (i.e., he may not be smart enough to be in our class). Giving that child a fresh start is the first step to engaging him. Teachers need to research the recent history of a stalled reader's school experiences, and discuss failed approaches with him to show he is in a perfect position to learn fun things, and to forget what may have happened previously (Balajthy, et al., 2003).
WHAT: Well, what are that child's interests? Teachers need to go out of their way to be absolutely certain the books they choose to use in working with stalled readers are interesting, fascinating, even a bit provocative. Kids love scary stories, suspenseful stories, and above all, humor! A book for children 5 to 8 years old can have mildly naughty jokes (mentioning "underwear" and getting a pie in the face). Once the child is in the middle grades, of course the humor is more cerebral and "subversive" (Backes, 2012). Find a book where the main character is the butt of jokes, maybe because he breaks the rules and is embarrassed. Well-defined characters in books attract middle grade students like bees to honey. Aliens, wizards like Harry Potter, and other characters fascinate kids. Any reasonably alert kid that has stalled in reading skills will nonetheless love: a) a fast-paced plot (reluctant readers don't have the patience to work their way through long passages with descriptive, flowery scenes) is vital for stimulation; b) concise chapters (that present one "clear event…that logically leads to the next chapter); c) kid relevance (a child will become involved…
Works Cited
Backes, Laura. (2012). Best Books for Kids Who (Think They) Hate to Read: 125 Books That
Will Turn Any Child into a Lifelong Reader. New York: Random House Digital, Inc.
Balajthy, Ernest, and Lipa-Wade, Sally. (2003). Struggling Readers: Assessment and Instruction
in Grades K-6.
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