Winter Reading Comprehension Morphological Awareness and the Science of Reading

What happens when reading comprehension and fluency are slow to come to older students? What happens when frustration and struggling lead to students who shut down or act out?

How do we help student learn to read and comprehend fluently, and exactly how does a student learn to comprehend a textbook, novel or reading passage?

Research has revealed much about what goes on in minds when readers comprehend oral and written text and how instruction and other experiences can affect that development. First, fostering reading comprehension development across and entire group of students  requires a multifaceted approach. Scientific research indicates many individual instructional practices and combinations of practices that foster reading comprehension development. 

Developing foundational word-reading skills—phonological awareness, phonics, and word recognition instruction is critical to developing reading comprehension - especially for older struggling readers; however, what a student is reading and how a page is laid out is an imperative component to a student confidence and willingness to learn. Instructional and supplementary reading material must be effective, but it also must look age appropriate. Think about what it would feel like to be an upper elementary, middle school or even high school student who is already embarrassed because they struggle with reading only to be given work that looks like it belongs in a primary classroom. Not great. Not every confidence building.  

I like to start with age appropriate morphological awareness instruction and resources, which is an understanding of how words can be broken down into smaller units of meaning such as syllables, roots, prefixes, and suffixes - because morphological awareness has emerged as an important contributor to word reading and comprehension skills.

Thus, older students need resources designed explicitly for them, at their level, that look age appropriate. This set of resources is all three.

Starting with phonics. 

Intervention: Multi-Syllable Word Unit for Older Students VC/CV - Fluency Plus

Multi-Syllable Word TASK CARDS for Older Students VC/CV

Intervention: Multi-Syllable Word Unit for Older Students V/CV - Fluency Plus

Multi-Syllable Word TASK CARDS for Older Students V/CV

Multi-Syllable Word TASK CARDS for Older Students VC/V

Intervention: Multi-Syllable Word Unit for Older Students VC/V - Fluency Plus

Printed Resources from Amazon:

Phonics Workbook for Older Students Multi-Syllable Word Unit V/CV: Phonics, Fluency, Comprehension, Word Work, Interactive Notebook for Older Students

Reading comprehension resources.

Move to high interest low level reading comprehension and fluency work, again, designed specifically for older students.

High Low Readings Set 1

High Low Readings Set 2

High Low Readings Set 3

High Low Readings Set 4

High Low Readings Set 5

High Low Readings Set 6 20 High Interest: Low Level Reading: First 100 Word-Based Grades 5-12

High Low Readings Set 7

High Low Reading Set 8

High Low Reading Set 9 – December Holiday Themed

60 High Low Reading Passages-Sets 4, 5, & 6: Multiple Formats - BUNDLE 3

11 - ELEVEN High Low Reading AND Fluency Resources MEGA Bundle

20 SPOOKY High Low Passages - Google, Form Fillable PDF - Hybrid Ready

High Low Reading Fiction Passages w/ Interactive Workbook - Passages at 2 Levels

GROWING HIGH INTEREST: LOW LEVEL BUNDLE

Sets 1, 2, and 3 High Low Bundle

 

Thanks for looking!

Two Pencils and a Book

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