Turned-off

=Strategies for Struggling Readers=

**What you can do to help the "turned-off reader" **  · Connect reading to positive self-image. Provide high-interest, self-selected books and magazines at their independent reading level with choice in topics and genres.  · Use reading conferences and interactive journals for students to share their understanding of the text and avoid “teacher questions” that appear to ‘test’ the student.  · Provide immediate, specific, positive feedback that supports the reader’s efforts and honors the reader’s thinking.  · Provide an inviting, comfortable low-risk, low-demand environment to read that is personally rewarding to the reader. Offer soft, instrumental music as background noise.  · Supply material with minimal print, varied text structures and extensive graphic support on student’s instructional level.  · Avoid whole group teacher-directed activities, the required reading of a single text, “round robin” reading, and teacher generated single response questions. Use high interest activities like raps, skits, graphic art and technology presentations and games for guided practice and the assessment of learning.  · Allow for peer interaction in the learning – cooperative groups, debates, paired learning, Socratic seminar, critical inquiry. * Get students interested in series of books such as: Dinosaur Cove, Geronimo Stilton, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Pokemon, Bones, Ponies, Pupplu Place, Mystery Pups, Junie B. Jones, Dr. Seuss, Graphic novels, Movie books, Sports and Pirates. <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">* Go through LearnAlberta to use Tumblebooks (or your local library). <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">* For teachers looking at various reading strategies and resources, try visiting [|Into the Book] for ideas.

**<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Strategies you can use to help the “turned-off reader” ** <span style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Create effective pre-reading experiences that cause the learner to anticipate the learning and activate prior knowledge to make predictions about the learning. <span style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Allow brief, cooperative brainstorming or “buzzing” to activate prior knowledge and make predictions. Use ‘quick writes’ to activate prior knowledge. <span style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Provide background though a film or an entertainment teacher read aloud related to the topic. Use technology and cooperative learning activities to motivate. <span style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Provide meaningful, interesting follow-up activities that tap into student’s strengths and challenge the learner’s thinking – classification, comparison, evaluation, synthesis. <span style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Minimize lengthy assignments and rely on graphic organizers and graphics to record comprehension. Break longer assignments up into manageable parts. <span style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Present each assignments with a meaningful purpose that illustrates the student’s need to read the information. <span style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Provide choice, variety and options within assignments whenever possible. <span style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Maintain a quantity and quality expectation within the student’s grasp that is the “ticket to leave”. <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">* Mix a writing assignment with art expression. <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">* Cooperative brainstorming with small groups of students. (ie. Laura Lipton has some great activities in her new [|Groups at Work book]) <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">* During a reading circle have students go through a new book to predict it's story through the titles and images. <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">* Using Smart Notebook, have students summarize chapters using clip art and text. As well, using Notebook, rewrite a book being read in class using clipart and some key text and then publish it! (If you save it as a .pdf and post it to [|issuu] then people can read it, depending on your settings, as a book online too!) <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">* If students aren't interested in any books available at the school, but are really interested in a particular topic, have them 'tell' their own original story while someone is scribing it (or you can use [|Dragon dictation] or an audio recorder like [|Audacity]) to capture it. <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">* Digital storytelling using particular online tools make stories come alive! <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">* Claymation techniques offer multi modal opportunities for students to tell a story.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in;">Give the student chances to “publish” work. He/she needs creative assignments to show what they know - poetry, diaries, powerpoints, even comic books. With help organizing, he/she is motivated to see their ideas on paper, challenge them to use interesting, spicy and intriguing words.

**<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif;">TOOLBOX (in your handouts) **
 * 13. Brainstorm, Group, Label**
 * 14. Vocabulary Notebook**
 * 15. Skim and Scan**
 * 16. Progressive Summary**
 * 17. Sort and Select**
 * 18. Comparison Matrix**


 * <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">ONLINE and APPLICATIONS (Apps) **


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Resources **

- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Google Play] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - found online and as an app. Must have a Google account to use. On a computer with RWG, you can the Screenshot Reader so the book can be read to the student. For a cost, one can download current and/or High-interest books. How to read/access a Google Play book on an iDevice - <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- International Reading Association - <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[| book lists] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> for children and young adults.

- Newsela - differentiated reading levels of current events.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- [|Readability] chrome extension - declutter websites

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Shmoop] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - different literature sets with questions, summary, character info, quizzes, etc. Good but filled with a LOT of ads. I would use Readability bookmarklet in Chrome to get rid of all that extraneous and distracting work surrounding the main area.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|SparkNotes] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> and Litcharts - literature study guides available online for free or via purchase for a downloadable .pdf or ebook version. Easily read by RWG/Read&Write for Google and you can eliminate the extraneous information (ads) through the use of the Readability Chrome extension.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Struggling Writers ideas]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Teach Mentor Texts]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Young Reader’s Choice Awards] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> from EPL

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|60 Second Recap] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - (has ads) video recaps of classic literature read in middle and high schools. (ie. Beowolf, 1984, Adventures of Huck Finn, Lord of the Flies)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1. Interactive journals **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">– **blog, wiki

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Book Creator] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - easy way to create personalized or content specific iBooks. $4.99

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- Google doc/folder with an ongoing journal

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- [|Paperport Notes] iOS app– use audio, images, text, dictation, typing, writing to input info

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|U Pad lite] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - take notes by scribing, typing, add images, highlight, erase and export via email, photo album, Twitter, Facebook or Airprint.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. Background music ** (baroque works best)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|AccuRadio] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - free internet radio app with 100s of different channels, ability to favorite specific channels.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">– [|Grooveshark]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- iTunes

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">3. Brainstorming **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Educreations] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - recordable whiteboard with ink, drawing, audio.Videos can be stored on Educreations.com with public/private settings.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">– Mindmapping, [|TitanPad], [|PrimaryPad], Smartboard Notebook, Microsoft Word, Google Docs, [|Bubbl.us], Creately and Lucidchart chrome apps

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|MindMash] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - brainstorm, take notes, add pics, drawings (bits) and share via Facebook, Twitter, email, photo album.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Popplet lite] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - brainstorm, create diagrams. Limited to one popplet. Full version costs $4.99 that allows for unlimited popplets.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|ShowMe] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - record voice-over whiteboard tutorials, see other examples.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">4. Background film **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">– [|LearnAlberta], [|Discovery Education Canada], [|Animoto Edu], [|CBC archives], Author’s websites, [|Memoov]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">5. Organizers **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">– [|Eduplace], [|ReadWriteThink], [|LearnAlberta org], [|Enchanted Learning], [|Holt], [|Freeology],[|Essay Map], [|Scholastic-reading comp], [|Webspiration Classroom] ($110/10pack or $39 ind)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Tools 4 Students] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - 25 graphic organizers - cause/effect, main idea/detail, sequence events, pro/con, story elements, characterization, word meaning, plot, KWL, etc. Save to device and/or email. $0.99

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">6. Comic books **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">– [|Pixton], [|PikiKids], [|Toondoo], [|Glogster Edu], [|Hero Factory], [|Toonlet], [|MakeBeliefsComix],[|Bitstrips] ($9.95/mth)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Comic Touch lite] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - add captions, balloons to your images and send via email or to PhotoLibrary. Lite version has watermark on shared output.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|ComicBook] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - create a comic book with variety of layouts, graphics, fonts, captions, etc. $1.99

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|ComicStrip] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - 7 layouts, 9 captions, 12 stickers, ability to post to Twitter, Facebook and email. $0.99

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- Great resource for using <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Comics in the Classroom] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> from TechChef

**<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">REFERENCES: ** <span style="color: green; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Allen. J., (2008). //<span style="color: green; font-family: Georgia,serif;">More Tools for Teaching Content Literacy //<span style="color: green; font-family: Georgia,serif;">. York: Stenhouse Publishers.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Allen, J., (2004). //<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tools for Teaching Content Literacy //<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif;">. York: Stenhouse Publishers.

<span style="color: #006600; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Allen, J., (1999). //<span style="color: #006600; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Words, Words, Words //<span style="color: #006600; font-family: Georgia,serif;">. York: Stenhouse Publishers.

<span style="color: green; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Beers, S. & Howell, L. (2003). //<span style="color: green; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Reading Strategies for the Content Areas, Volume 1: An ASCD Action Tool //<span style="color: green; font-family: Georgia,serif;">. ASCD

Cheeky Lit Teacher [|Blog site] (discusses boys' reading strategies and solutions).

<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Marzano, R., S., J., Paynter, D., Pickering, D., & Gaddy, B. (2004). //<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif;">A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works //<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif;">. <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Peter Pappas <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position-x: 100%; background-position-y: 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; cursor: pointer;">[|Blog site] <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">(Peter and Patricia developed most of the points and offline handouts)

<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Strong, R., (2002). //<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Reading for Academic Success: Powerful Strategies for Struggling, Average, and Advanced Readers, Grades 7-12 //<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif;">. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Strong, R., Silver, H., & Perini, M. (2007). //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Reading for Academic Success, Grades 2-6 //. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.

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