How Can I Help My Struggling Readers (Grades 4-12)

$20.00

Presenter: Katherine McKnight, Ph.D.
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

We all know that our students need to be reading. Research has proved time and again that good readers are good learners. The problem is that not all students are good readers. As they get into 4th grade and above, reading comprehension is even more critical for academic success. What can we do? Thankfully there are strategies we can employ to help support reading and develop content knowledge in our struggling readers. By identifying where the student is struggling, you can employ targeted solutions to help them gain confidence and become better readers.

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SKU MCK-538 Categories Creativity & Instructional Strategies, Dr. Katherine McKnight, ELL, General PD, Instructional Strategies, Literacy, McKnight, New and Developing Teachers, Special Education Tags creativity, elementary, General PD, Instructional Strategies, Literacy, secondary

Description

There are four components to reading: alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Those are the basic skills that must be mastered for students to become good readers. Vocabulary and comprehension become especially important as students get older and must be able to read and understand texts in all the disciplines. But what about students who are falling behind their peers in reading?

In “How Can I Help My Struggling Readers?” Katie McKnight, Ph.D. explains the six activities that lead to student growth and development. These activities involve both reading and being read to and their aim is to help struggling readers develop background knowledge, read what they can understand, and have choices that inspire them to read more.

In this course, you will learn to:

Identify the characteristics of the struggling adolescent reader
Understand the difference between struggling and reluctant readers
Support reading choice and differentiation in the classroom
Use strategies for comprehension
Teach academic vocabulary

Presenter Bio

Dr. Katherine McKnight is a dynamic presenter, dedicated teacher, and award-winning author. Dr. McKnight began her career in education over 30 years ago as a middle school and high school English and social studies teacher in the Chicago Public Schools and appointed as Distinguished Professor of Research at National Louis University. In addition to speaking at professional development conferences, she is a regular consultant in schools and classrooms in the United States and Europe.
She is the founder of Engaging Learners, an educational company built around her successful Literacy and Learning Center model. Her work in educational leadership, literacy and student skill development has resulted in unprecedented academic achievement in many struggling schools.
Dr. McKnight has received several awards for her publications and teaching at the university level. She has authored 17 books that support educational strategies to engage all learners. Her titles include the best-selling The Teacher’s Big Book of Graphic Organizers, winner of the 2013 Teachers’ Choice Award. She’s also written The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom, Teaching Writing in the Inclusive Classroom, and the twin volumes: Common Core Literacy for Math, Science, and Technical Subjects, and Common Core Literacy for ELA, History/Social Studies, and the Humanities: Strategies to Deepen Content Knowledge – Grades 6-12.

Additional information

Core Area	Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Hours	1 Hour
Organization	McKnight
Grade Level	Elementary, Secondary
Presenter	Dr. Katherine McKnight
Course Content	Instructional Strategies, Literacy, Special Education, ELL, New and Developing Teachers, General PD

72 reviews for How Can I Help My Struggling Readers (Grades 4-12)

Rated 5 out of 5

Laura – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) – May 24, 2020

This course offers strategies for helping struggling readers and focuses on critical factors for reading comprehension.
Rated 5 out of 5

Ana – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) – May 29, 2020

Great. Very educational.
Rated 5 out of 5

Mary – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) – June 4, 2020

This was an amazing course that gave concrete ideas of interventions to be used for reader’s struggling with comprehension.
Rated 5 out of 5

Lori – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) – June 5, 2020

Great practical ideas to use in the classroom with struggling readers. Also, great resources were provided.
Rated 5 out of 5

Margarita – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) – June 10, 2020

Great ideas.
Rated 5 out of 5

Marisol – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) – June 11, 2020

Great presentation. I can’t wait to use all the information I learned today.
Rated 5 out of 5

Rebecca – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) – June 15, 2020

I found this to be extremely informative and useful. I appreciate that there were resources shared, as well.
Rated 5 out of 5

Lorinda – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) – June 16, 2020

I appreciate the ideas of ways to help build student reading comprehension. They were excellent ideas that seemed like they will be user friendly.
Rated 5 out of 5

Dett – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) – June 17, 2020

This session really helped me because I need strategies for my struggling readers.
Rated 4 out of 5

Krista – WODEN ISD (verified owner) – June 24, 2020

The resources were not linked appropriately. Both when to the notes printouts so the posters she refers to are not available. There was at least one link in the presentation that is no longer active either.