Connecting Strugglers with Reading
Make it easier. Connecting Strugglers with Reading is a four-book reading intervention programme that uses engaging activities to help students develop key strategies for making sense of text. It uses a range of texts including short stories, letters and newspaper articles. Each book in this series is structured as a one-term unit with an adaptable schedule, and can be used with a small group or in a one-to-one intervention.
Ages: 9-11 years
About the Author
Sandy Smith
Sandy Smith has taught young children for 16 years, and currently runs a small tuition centre. Many of her students have reading problems stemming from poor oral language skills. Sandy has worked in close partnership with speech pathologists, and now uses oral language goals as a basis for all her literacy-teaching programmes. This has proved successful, even in classes with a high proportion of students with special needs.