Re: Curious...Anyone teach high school remedial reading?

Mark Pennington

Posted on 6/30/09

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Well, I taught remedial reading for three years at the high school
level. We used a balanced approach based on the diagnostic needs of
the students. You apparently don't have that mandate. Determining
the instructional reading levels of your students will be critical
to teaching comprehension. On 6/29/09, Teri wrote:
> Actually, although the majority of students have average decoding
> skills, we focus on comprehension/critical thinking because the
> district decreed it. About 1/3 of our reading students are ELL
> students, mostly from Guatemala.
>
> On 6/29/09, Jo wrote:
>> Are you focusing on comrehension and critical thinking
>> because they all have average to above average decoding
>> skills and are fluent readers that just struggle with
>> comprehension?
>>
>> On 6/29/09, Teri wrote:
>>> I teach remedial or "intensive" reading to high school
>>> Juniors and Seniors. We don't follow any particular
>>> program, although we have some materials including Impact!
>>> workbooks and FCAT preparation materials (I'm in Florida,
>>> obviously). Our focus is on comprehension and critical
>>> thinking/reading, not decoding.
>>>
>>> I was wondering...what do other high school reading
>>> teachers focus on with their students. Does anyone have
>>> any strategies, activities, or games that seem to be
>>> dramatically successful?

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