Assisted Reading Strategies Purpose: To provide support to students in reading through extension in time or giving a support person who is a fluent or equal reader.
Rationale: Research shows reading is an interactive and social process. With reading, a partner is beneficial for some students.
1). READ ALOUD (story telling)
Purpose: to enjoy a story with no responsibility of text. Lends support to language structure and reading as a process.2). DEAR Time (Drop Everything and Read)Procedure: Gather class as a group and read aloud.
Purpose: Provides time for students to read a selection of their choice.3). Shared Reading (big Books)Procedure:
a. EVERYONE read, including teacher.
b. NO INTERRUPTIONS!
Weakness: Need to find a time to pick a book before DEAR time.
Purpose: to make text big enough for all to see.4. Paired ReadingProcedure:
a. Gather around book (or overhead if can't get big book)
b. Talk about author, title page, publishers, copyright page.
c. Students join in reading story.
d. Discuss punctuation--etc.
Strengths: Class is together learning about book(s).Weaknessess:
a. behavior management
b. sight problems if no big book.
Purpose: To help less fluent reader by having a better reader assist.5. Buddy ReadingProcedure:
*read together aloud at the same time
OR
*switch off, 1 reader reads a passage, other picks up where other left off.Strengths: Socialization.
Weaknessess: Better reader may take over.
Purpose: To help two equal readers attain more fluency.Procedure: Same as paired reading.
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