Improving Low-Reading Ages in the Secondary School: Practical Strategies for Le

Taylor & Francis

Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators, learning support teachers and learning support assistants will welcome this much needed text which shows how to make successful reading interventions for reluctant or weak readers at secondary school level. > \nThis highly practical guide shows how learning support teachers and assistants can work effectively with secondary school pupils who are struggling with their reading. It relates directly to the working practices of teachers, steering them through issues such as: \n--assessing the low-age reader \n--working with reading withdrawal groups \n--finding and creating resources for low-age readers \n--constructing spelling strategies to support reading \n--understanding the emotional dimension to being a poor reader \n--how to effectively involve parents. \nPaul Blum offers valuable advice on how to make challenging mainstream subject textbooks accessible to low-aged readers and help on where to find good free resources as well as commerci.