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What Struggling Readers Need For Success
Keith Pruitt, Ed.S.Keith Pruitt, Ed.S.Words of WisdomWords of Wisdom
Educational ConsultingEducational Consulting
www.woweducationalconsulting.comwww.myspace.com/wowedu
Two Little Boys Look At The Mountain.
One says “I can’t.”
The other says, “I will.”
What Is A Struggling Reader?
Good Readers At-Risk Readers
•Independent
•Likes to Read
•Strategic
•Strong Comprehension
•Prior Knowledge
•Good Vocabulary
•Passive in Learning
•Talks Negatively about Reading
•Few Strategies
•Poor Comprehension
•Limited Prior Knowledge
•Limited Vocabulary
•Learned Helplessness
What Struggling Readers Don’t Need
Textbooks that are too hard to read To Just be sat in front of a computer More of the same as what caused the failure Social promotion Drill and kill and more worksheets (Worksheets Don’t
Build Dendrites, Marcia Tate)
Continuous testing Special education (perhaps)
Where Do We Find Best Practices?Where Do We Find Best Practices?
National Reading Panel ReportNational Reading Panel Report Reading Next ReportReading Next Report
Theoretical FrameworksTheoretical Frameworks Some efficacy studiesSome efficacy studies
What Works ClearinghouseWhat Works Clearinghouse
The Reading ProcessThe Reading Process
The Boat in the Basement
A woman was building a boat in
her basement. When it was
finished she couldn’t get the
the boot out of the basement
because it was too wide to go
though the door. So she had
to take the boat a part to
get it out. Perhaps he should
of planned ahead. Andrea Butler
The Reading Process
Meaning Visual
Structure
Three Cues Used in Reading
Structure
It __________________across the grass.
Three Cues Used in ReadingThree Cues Used in Reading
MeaningMeaning
John let his pet rabbit go.John let his pet rabbit go.
It __________________across the grass.It __________________across the grass.
Three Cues Used in ReadingThree Cues Used in Reading
VisualVisual
It hopped across the grass.It hopped across the grass.
Three Cues Used in ReadingThree Cues Used in Reading
VisualVisual
It hopped across the grass.It hopped across the grass.
#1- Students Must Break The Code#1- Students Must Break The Code
Foundational phonics is essential, but by Foundational phonics is essential, but by itself is not enough.itself is not enough.
Can I build a house with just a hammer?Can I build a house with just a hammer?
Does the foundation alone constitute a Does the foundation alone constitute a house?house?
#2-Children Need to Read, Read, Read!!!
What Really Matters for Struggling Readers, Richard Allington, 2001
#3-Students Need Books At Instructional Levels
Lev Vygotsky, Marie Clay, etc.
#4-Need to hear language
Stephen Krashen, Linda Hoyt
#5- Practice#5- Practice
According to Lucy Calkins and Richard According to Lucy Calkins and Richard Allington, the average amount of time Allington, the average amount of time children spend actually reading during a 90 children spend actually reading during a 90 minute block is less than _ minutes (range is minute block is less than _ minutes (range is _____)_____)
#5- Practice#5- Practice
According to Lucy Calkins and Richard According to Lucy Calkins and Richard Allington, the average amount of time Allington, the average amount of time children spend actually reading during a 90 children spend actually reading during a 90 minute block is less than 4 minutes (range is minute block is less than 4 minutes (range is 4-10)4-10)
#6-Students Need
Words
Beck, McKeown, Kucan, Marzano, Nagy
Welfare13 M words
Working26 M words
Professional45 M words
Derived from Hart & Risley, 1995, pp 197-198
From Pruitt, dissertation, 2009
Summary of the Hart and Risley Demographic Study
Chart 1
#7- Books That
Interest Students
#8-Students Need Strategies
Ask
Questions
Make Connections Synthesize
Visualization
Determining
Importance
Inferring
#9- Students Need Exposure to New #9- Students Need Exposure to New ExperiencesExperiences
Reading Virtual Tours (
www.woweducationalconsulting.com and www.myspace.com/wowedu)
Field Trips Guest Speakers Living Museum History and Science Workshop
#10- Students Need to Hear Fluent #10- Students Need to Hear Fluent ReadingReading
Books on TapeBooks on Tape
Partner ReadsPartner Reads
Teacher ReadsTeacher Reads
Fluent Reader Audio programsFluent Reader Audio programs
Small Group choral readingSmall Group choral reading
Conclusion
This is merely a summary of best practices.
Remember, we teach children not programs.
These children depend on us to help them be successful.
Teach them what you know, they pass a test.
Teach them how to learn, they pass a lifetime.
WE
WILL!
Thank You
Keith Pruitt
Words of Wisdom
Educational
Consultingwww.woweducationalconsulting.com