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Jawaher Aljuwayhir – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Having the ability to read is an essential skill for an individual. However, comprehension, the aim of reading, is a complex cognitive process that involves constructing meaning through deliberate thinking. Unfortunately, students with learning disabilities (LD) often struggle with reading, which impairs their comprehension abilities. Repeated…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Intervention, Arabic, Reading Comprehension
Wanzek, Jeanne; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; McMaster, Kristen L. – Guilford Press, 2019
Packed with easy-to-use tools and resources, this book presents intensive intervention strategies for K-5 students with severe and persistent reading difficulties. Filling a key need, the authors describe specific ways to further intensify instruction when students continue to struggle. Chapters address all the fundamental components of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Student Needs
Weih, Timothy G. – Online Submission, 2018
Teaching intermediate grade children how to write means teaching them how to write the alphabetical letters, words, lists, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, narrative text, expository text, and writing mechanics (punctuation & grammar). Teaching writing for meaning is teaching children how to express their thoughts in writing, this is the…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Content Area Writing, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
Jacobson, Julie; Johnson, Kelly; Lapp, Diane – Guilford Publications, 2011
This teacher-friendly guide is packed with motivating lessons designed to improve the content learning and literacy skills of English language learners (ELLs) in K-8. Offering research-supported strategies that teachers can implement immediately, the book explains how to use content-area texts to support ELLs' growth in five crucial areas:…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Elementary Education
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O'Shea, Doris J.; McQuiston, Kathleen; McCollin, Michelle – Preventing School Failure, 2009
Many secondary-level students from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds need to nurture their ongoing literacy growth to become independent, tenacious readers. Middle and high school teachers' use of direct and explicit strategies that are focused on culturally and linguistically responsive practices (e.g., use of relevant texts…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Interpersonal Competence, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies
Xu, Shelley Hong – Guilford Publications, 2010
Grounded in research and practical expertise, this volume helps K-6 teachers skillfully support all of their English language learners (ELLs)--from a single student to an entire classroom. Ideas for teaching ELLs across different grade and proficiency levels include ways to link instruction to students' lived experiences, use a variety of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Writing (Composition), Oral Language, Second Language Learning
Wesson, Caren; And Others – 1986
This manual outlines a process for preparing individualized lesson plans in reading that are consistent across time, to assist in determining the effectiveness of various teaching methods for use with special education students. Part I discusses components of the plan: instructional procedures and target skill, time spent on each activity, the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness