Dear Mary - There's a good resource out there now that may be of interest to you. They're Toolkit Texts - Short Nonfiction for Guided and Independent Practice by Harvey and Goudvis by Heinemann. Nonfiction is often more interesting than fiction to intermediate struggling readers. They're written at different levels, so you can get just what you want. They take "real" reading and collect it for you. Wonderful. Bev > Have you read Carol Lyon's book, Teaching Struggling Readers? It is a very > powerful book. I have taught 6th graders who couldn't read, and Lyon's book > probably addresses some issues you are having. Also, I don't think you can > go wrong with teaching these kids basic reading strategies like in Fountas & > Pinnell's book, Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children. Dr. > Marie Clay said that we "create" a lot of LD kids by not addressing their > confusions about print when they are beginning readers, so I suspect that a > good number of your 6th graders may have missed out on good first teaching.> I have been teaching a long time, and I don't think there are any kits or > programs out there that provide what these struggling readers need, since > they will flourish with teaching based on close observation of what they can > do & then individual attention to help them get where they need to go.> Mary M./TX _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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