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Welcome to today’s #ldchat! This is Dan with the Understood team. We’re joined today by Understood founding partner @ReadingRockets to discuss ways to engage reluctant readers.
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Welcome to today’s #ldchat! This is Dan with the Understood team. We’re joined today by Understood founding partner ReadingRockets to discuss ways to engage reluctant readers. https://t.co/HFY7eMueGv via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
A1: Learning to read is enormously complicated! Great teachers bring a deep understanding of how all the components of reading work together. As reading expert Louisa Moats said, "Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science." #ldchat
A1: Learning to read is enormously complicated! Great teachers bring a deep understanding of how all the components of reading work together. As reading expert Louisa Moats said, "Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science." #ldchat
A1: Beginning readers need strong skills in phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding & fluency. As children become more confident & fluent readers, educators can focus on other key literacy skills: spelling & word study, vocabulary, comprehension & writing.#ldchat
A1: Beginning readers need strong skills in phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding & fluency. As children become more confident & fluent readers, educators can focus on other key literacy skills: spelling & word study, vocabulary, comprehension & writing.#ldchat
A1: Build children’s vocabulary banks by reading aloud and listening to audio books together (even with older children) and have conversations about new and interesting words.#ldchat
A1. Kids need decoding skills to read and comprehension skills to understand and make the material make sense. We are struggling with effective ways of learning the comprehension skills...so I don't know a good answer to the second part of that question! #ldchat
A1: I think of reading at the high school level like the difference between hearing and listening. Receiving the input isn't the same as processing it. We must teach students that just because they recognize words on a page, that doesn't mean they've read what's there. #ldchat
A1: Picture books can include sophisticated words: in Jane Yolen’s picture book, Piggins, a diamond lavaliere goes missing. What’s a lavaliere?! #ldchat
RT Q1. What are some key skills kids need to read, and what are some effective ways of teaching those skills? #ldchathttps://t.co/6f0nZVt01V via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
RT RT ReadingRockets: A1: Learning to read is enormously complicated! Great teachers bring a deep understanding of how all the components of reading work together. As reading expert Louisa Moats said, "Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science." #ldchat via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
RT RT ksuding: A1: Depends on what type of reader they are: Visual, Tactile or Auditory #LDchat Decoding in the way they read is necessary via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
RT RT ColorinColorado: A1: Background knowledge can play a big part in reading comprehension, especially for #ELL students! #ldchat via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
RT RT ReadingRockets: A1: Build children’s vocabulary banks by reading aloud and listening to audio books together (even with older children) and have conversations about new and interesting words.#ldchat via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
A2: Connect reading to topics that kids are already interested in. If you have a child who fascinated with sharks, create your own family shark week (or month …) #ldchat
A2: Students with attention issues can acknowledge that there is value in a text, but still struggle to engage with it. Supplementing reading with resources of all different kinds of media (audio, visual, experiential) keeps attention focused. #ldchat
A1: Allow kiddos to read at their comprehension level/grade level with audio formats and not restrict them them to lower level books based on struggles with decoding #LDchat
RT RT ReadingRockets: A1: A good reading program integrates instruction in all basic skills, adapting to the needs of each child! #ldchat via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
RT RT ReadingRockets: A2: Connect reading to topics that kids are already interested in. If you have a child who fascinated with sharks, create your own family shark week (or month …) #ldchat via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
RT RT Bookshare: A2 Let them choose their own books. Bookshare has a list of high interest/low vocabulary books: https://t.co/rwQiJupq4Y#ldchat via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
A2: It's important to do your best, as an educator, to show students that just because a book is an assigned book that doesn't mean it can't still be read like a book they would've picked up for themselves. #ldchat
A2 follow their interest. Love a sport find the great biography, like to be outdoors, find the adventures that outdoors. If it is not at their reading level give them the audio. Get them inspired then we can expand their knowledge. #ldchat
A2: Literacy is NOT just ability to decode: “Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, compute, and communicate using VISUAL, AUDIBLE, and DIGITAL materials across disciplines and in ANY context.” https://t.co/7lAoFow3QY#LDchat
If a child continues to believe that books are fun, even while they struggle to learn the basics of independent reading, we maintain a chance that they'll bridge to independent reading for enjoyment one day down the line.
RT RT ReadingRockets: A2: Look for series books – a new story wrapped in familiar characters, reading level, and writing style #ldchat via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
RT Children’s book author AndreaDavisPink shares fantastic tips about how to motivate young people to read. #ldchathttps://t.co/RrlQUpkpT3 via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
If a child continues to believe that books are fun, even while they struggle to learn the basics of independent reading, we maintain a chance that they'll bridge to independent reading for enjoyment one day down the line.
RT RT Bookshare: A2 Letting kids listen to audio narration while following highlighted text "karaoke style" helps with decoding and comprehension. #ldchat via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
RT Such great thoughts and tips so far! Some of you have mentioned specific books, so let's continue that conversation. Onto Q3... #ldchat via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
A3: Even at older ages, Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series has all of the literary merit of canonized texts, while also presenting itself as manageable and fun. I still reread this series in my 20s. #ldchat
A3: When I was in elementary school (and that wasn't THAT long ago), you couldn't convince me to put down any book from the Geronimo Stilton series. #ldchat
RT Q3. Time to fill our library shelves! What are some great books and book series to engage reluctant readers, and why are they good options? #ldchathttps://t.co/4MnDAJ5OH2 via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
RT RT UnderstoodOrg: Q3. Time to fill our library shelves! What are some great books and book series to engage reluctant readers, and why are they good options? #ldchathttps://t.co/4MnDAJ5OH2 via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
RT RT mr_morang: UnderstoodOrg A3: Even at older ages, Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series has all of the literary merit of canonized texts, while also presenting itself as manageable and fun. I still reread this series in my 20s. #ldchat via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
RT RT mr_morang: A3: When I was in elementary school (and that wasn't THAT long ago), you couldn't convince me to put down any book from the Geronimo Stilton series. #ldchat via UnderstoodOrg #ld#adhd
A4: It will allow struggling "decoding" readers 2 have access to the text independently and at their comprehension level #LDchat Text-to-speech...audio formats
