Four factors come to mind when thinking about why text complexity is important. The first is if a student is challenged too much they may become discouraged with reading and not learn from the material as intended. Next, if the complexity is not challenging enough a student will become bored and also be discouraged from reading. Also, if the text complexity does not match the student their vocabulary will not continue to grow. Finally, if the text complexity and text type does not suit the student, they will become lost in what they are reading and be discouraged. Teachers can help in many ways to ensure that students are reading the appropriate material at the right …show more content…
It can be easy for a reader to become bored, discouraged, and just not want to read at all. Reading is a vital part of our lives and as teachers we have to place high importance on building strong readers. Knowing our students and meeting their reading needs is through encouraging them to read within their interests, explore other texts, read to learn, and read with purpose is vital. We have to support students in ways that will help them to achieve all that they. Providing the right level of text complexity and helping them learn through reading is a very important task as a