Improving Comprehension for Kids with LD
Reading comprehension is critical for school success, and students with LD often struggle to understand what they read. For parents and teachers, it's important to learn ways to help students read more successfully and with meaning.
Read more for information about how to use visual organizers, hooks such as hand gestures, and mnemonics like RCRC to help your students with homework.
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Reading Aloud to Build Comprehension
Think Alouds are powerful ways for teachers and parents to demonstrate simple things good readers do while reading, including connecting to our own experience and to other books read. Find out how to do a think aloud with your reader!
Effective Reading Interventions
Strong reading programs share several characteristics, including a strong instructional core that includes direct instruction and strategy instruction. Read more to learn how to evaluate your child's reading program.
Recommended Book
Story Comprehension To Go
Help your elementary students improve their reading comprehension skills with these easy-to-use lessons. Each lesson has brief stories and reading comprehension questions similar to those found on classroom and national tests.
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Ask the Tech Expert
What accommodations/modifications do you recommend for high school students in math and science when the main issue is dysgraphia? Many of the "usual" accommodations do not work as well due to the format of the math and science classes.
Ed Tech author Tracy Gray recommends digital voice recorders, Smartpens, and specific software that allows the user to generate equations and diagrams.
Glossary Term: Metacognition
Metacognition is the process of "thinking about thinking." For example, good readers use metacognition before reading when they clarify their purpose for reading and preview the text.
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