Create an inviting, literacy rich, and motivating classroom that supports reading, while students actively engage with text, peers, and others. Engineer your classroom as an environment where students are enticed to learn to read, discuss their reading, and consequently, become motivated by their own reading successes. Research To improve reading skills, students must read. Students… Read More Invitation to Read: A Classroom that Supports Reading for Every Student
Developing Early Literacy Skills through Shared-Reading
One shared-reading practice is called dialogic reading. In dialogic reading, the adult prompts the children by asking questions about the story or the pictures in the book, and provides feedback in the form of repetitions, expansions, and modeling of answers (National Early Literacy Panel, 2009). Research Shared-reading is often recommended as the single most… Read More Developing Early Literacy Skills through Shared-Reading
Publishing: A Great Way to Make Writing Exciting
ALL student writing can proceed through these steps that lead to a published product. This includes the works of students who scribble, use alternative pencils, or dictate their work to a scribe. Here are a few ideas for fun, and to reinforce publishing. Research The writing process features a number of steps beginning with… Read More Publishing: A Great Way to Make Writing Exciting
Literacy Across The Content Areas
Literacy skills are essential for learning new information. According to Ulusoy & Dedeoglu (2011), the ability to read is critical to the success of a student in any subject area. Writing can also play an important role in learning across content areas. Research With the introduction of Writing ASOLs last year, many teachers expressed… Read More Literacy Across The Content Areas
The Right To Write
Writing and reading are related processes. Engaging in one enhances the development of the other (Langer & Flihan, 2000). Consider the following suggestions for writing instruction. Stages of Writing. Make Writing Accessible. Write Every Day. Why should we teach writing skills to students with intellectual disabilities? Research At times, we may be tempted to… Read More The Right To Write
Moving From Emergent Literacy to Conventional Reading: Assistive Technology Supports for Nonverbal Students
Teaching a successful reading curriculum which includes five components: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension challenging for educators of students who have complex communication needs. Research Once students have gained emergent literacy skills, it is essential to begin a comprehensive reading curriculum (Erickson, Hanser, Hatch, & Sanders, 2009). A successful reading curriculum will… Read More Moving From Emergent Literacy to Conventional Reading: Assistive Technology Supports for Nonverbal Students
Electronic Books: Assisting Struggling Readers
Electronic books can be a part of the classroom library and are useful to support struggling readers. Accessibility features such as audio support with text-to-speech, enhanced resources, and study tools are important and often necessary features for students with disabilities. Electronic books can be a part of the classroom library and are useful to… Read More Electronic Books: Assisting Struggling Readers