Week #7- Assignment 2

• How can you ensure that your struggling readers have access to texts they can easily read?

There should be a class library with many appropriate books that are categorized according to genres and students' levels. The texts should be based on the students' background knowledge and topics that they find interest in.

• How can you foster a learning environment in which students have many opportunities to practice reading?

By having many reading and learning centers in the classroom, students will be given the fair amounts of opportunities to practice reading. in addition, there should be a balance of group instruction and individual coaching.

• Describe ways in which you can model fluent reading in you classroom throughout the day?

During a read-aloud the teacher can model fluency with decoding words, tone of voice and internal dialogue. During individual coaching, teachers should practice a non-interrupting reading and listening strategy. By allowing the students to finish each sentence and not interrupting them to correct words or inaccuracies, the teacher can model true reading fluency.