“over one-third of fourth graders and one-fourth of eighth graders cannot read at a basic level” (Ortlieb, 2013, p. 147). Later, in 2007, just in two short years, the number of children who were not reading on grade level went up. According to Connor et al., (2012, p. 52), “two-thirds of children fail to read at or above proficient levels by fourth grade”. This lack of ability of learning how to read occurs from the fact that these children were not effectively and explicitly taught how to make a connection regarding the relationship between questions and answers, which can be seen throughout literacy of higher levels (Ortlieb, 2013, p. 148). Another reading challenge that is becoming more common is the vastly growing diverse population.
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One strategy that can be used with struggling readers is the use of what is known as scaffolding. Scaffolding is a method that allows the student to complete work with some help from an educator until they are able to comprehend this work on their own. Using this method would allow additional help for the struggling reader until they were capable of comprehending reading text (“C= Content Reading Strategies,” 2009, p. …show more content…
Reading motivation can be defined as “interest in a particular book at a particular time” (Guthrie, Hoa, Wigfield, Tonks, Humenick & Littles, 2007, p. 283). A good way to provide students with reading motivation is to provide them with a variety of reading genres. By providing them with a variety of genres to read from, it is allowing the students a way for them to determine what they are interested in reading. When students are interested in what they are reading, studies show that their reading comprehension is greater (Guthrie et al., 2007, p.
One strategy that can be used with struggling readers is the use of what is known as scaffolding. Scaffolding is a method that allows the student to complete work with some help from an educator until they are able to comprehend this work on their own. Using this method would allow additional help for the struggling reader until they were capable of comprehending reading text (“C= Content Reading Strategies,” 2009, p. …show more content…
Reading motivation can be defined as “interest in a particular book at a particular time” (Guthrie, Hoa, Wigfield, Tonks, Humenick & Littles, 2007, p. 283). A good way to provide students with reading motivation is to provide them with a variety of reading genres. By providing them with a variety of genres to read from, it is allowing the students a way for them to determine what they are interested in reading. When students are interested in what they are reading, studies show that their reading comprehension is greater (Guthrie et al., 2007, p.