IF A Student has Trouble with

Reading Written Material

You can try...........

  • Finding a text written at a lower level
  • Providing highlighted material
  • Taping student reading material
  • Using a peer or a parent to read important material.
  • Decrease the amount of required reading material.
  • Finding the same information in another form-video-tapes, audiotapes, computer, and so forth
  • Making oral reading optional: find another way the student can contribute ( role-playing or story-telling).
  • Prearranging oral reading and allowing the student time to practice.
  • Allowing extra time for reading
  • Substituting one-page summaries or study guides that identify key terms and ideas of the reading assignment.
  • Using material that the student finds relevant and interesting so he or she will what to try to read.
  • Providing questions before the student is to read
  • Preteaching vocabulary
  • Putting main ideas on index card and organizing them.