Reading Strategies for struggling readers

1. “School Counseling, dealing
with changing expectations of
parents and students”
By Vinayadhar Raju
S.A (English)
ZPHS Jangapally,Karimnagar
TEA Fellow -2017

2. According to “The American School Counsellors’
Association”: “A comprehensive school counselling program is
developmental and systematic in nature, sequential, clearly
defined, and accountable. It is jointly founded upon
developmental psychology, educational philosophy, and
counseling methodology (ASCA, 1994).

3. Types of counselling needs
1. Academic success
2. Career and vocational guidance
3. Personal and Social development

4. What I did…………
Academic Problem
Why some students in my class are not able
read the text fluently?
How to support struggling readers?

5. Data Collection
Student voice and Teachers voice

6. Teacher’s voice Survey link
1. what do they think about
this problem?
2. What are the pressing
problems do they face while
handling the struggling
readers?

7. Teachers’ voice
1. Students don't have reading material
other than textbook to get exposed to
reading.
2.They were not properly motivated.
3.Forty five minutes time is not sufficient
to address the individual needs
4.Students don't know how to pronounce
words.
5.Lack of exposure to reading material

8. Continued….
6. No purpose for reading
7.They are not being engaged
meaningfully
9.Teacher is busy in completing syllabus
10. Lack of ample opportunities for
reading
11. Text has too many unknown words.
12. Topic selected or chosen is unfamiliar
to them

9. Students questionnaire:
1. When do you learn better?
2. How do you learn better?
3. List two reasons for not able
to read the text ?
4. What might be the main
reason for not able to read the
text on you own?
5. How can we overcome that
problem?

10. Student’s Voice
1.Our Teachers didn't encourage us to read.
2. Didn't study in English medium (most of
them are from Telugu medium)
3. Didn't understand English.
4.I didn't try from my childhood.
5.I didn't try at my home.
6. I didn't read during leisure time or periods.
7. I didn't follow sir's instructions.

11. Teacher and Academic Counselor
Designing Activities for Struggling Readers

12. Reading strategies….
1.Peer Tutoring
❏ Pair work
❏ Helping each other
❏ Underline the words and
prepare a list
❏ Reading together
❏ If not possible take
the help of a teacher

13. 2. Use of technology...
➔ Integrate technology
➔ Use stories with subtitles
➔ Ask them listen and read
➔ Listen and write
➔ Read and write
➔ Comprehensible input
➔ Meaning making
➔ BookBox Stories link

14. 3.Story Books
❖ Use library books
❖ Indian stories
❖ Stories with pictures
for comprehensible input
❖ Engage them by assigning
tasks like picturising
or drawings
❖ Creating posters

15. Visualising and drawing

16. 4. Running Dictation
★ Divide the students into
two groups
★ Reading group-writing
group
★ Pair them
★ ASk them to stand in
different corners
★ Reader will read the text
and runs to dictate

17. 5. Learning is transferable
★ Child can transfer his
learning to new situations
★ Uses his previous knowledge
and skills in new
situations
★ Audio files
★ Link 1
★ Link 2
★ Link 3
★ E-Portfolio link

18. Sharing results with the teachers
➔ No shortcut to language
learning… it is a
continuous process
➔ Reading is a complex
process...it involves
continuous efforts from
the teacher and students.
➔ We can’t visualize when
and how child learners a
language

19. Continued...
➔ No one will give you a
solution to your own
classroom problem
➔ Try try try and find
solution
➔ Sharing and networking
leads to continuous
professional development
➔ Don’t teach about the
language teach the
language

20. Continued….
➔ Teaching is a profession
not a job
➔ Don’t provide
information..Give them
real use of language i.e
Experience.
➔ Doing mistakes is also a
kind of
learning….Encourage them
to do mistakes so that
they can learn better..

21. Career and vocational guidance:
❖ Created a FaceBook for Alumni of our school
❖ Started sharing opportunities after class 10
❖ Provided career guidance
❖ Networking
❖ Link to our FB Page:
https://www.facebook.com/ZPHSJangapally/

22. Personal and Social development
Conflict/Resolution:
If you are having a hard time with something, are you comfortable with asking for
help?
Do you think it’s okay to ask for help if you don’t understand something?
Why is it good to ask for help?
When you are fighting or arguing with someone, what are 3 things you can do to
take a break from the situation and try to resolve it later?

23. Adaptability
-Why is it important to be willing to change your way of doing
things when you are in new or different situations?

24. Cooperation
How do you feel when you don’t get your way?
Are you good at figuring out a way to compromise when situations or problems
arise?
Do you like finding a win-win solution or do you prefer to always be right?
When is it difficult to work with others? When is it easy to work with others? What
do you do when it’s difficult?