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Students that struggle with reading in school is not a new problem. This has been a
challenge for teachers for years and continues to be an issue in school systems nationwide. As
stated in video program five, “While a childs development may be delayed, the developmental
pattern will remain the same.” (Bear, 2004 ). This really lets school officials know that these students
are reachable, but the teachers need to provide appropriate instruction for the students
developmental level. There are several things to be considered such as: grouping, type of
instruction, spelling words, and vocabulary.
Teaching special education, it seems that my students are usually grouped in the
teacher/child ratio. Within those small groups there are a variety of reading levels and
adjustments that have to be made. We have reading groups everyday in my classroom. My
students along with my teammates students are grouped according to ability. Even with that
type of grouping remediation for some students is needed because of their rate of progress. It
was stated in video program five that struggling readers need repetition, practice, and explicit
instruction (Bear,2004). I try to provide this through different modalities. One strategy is a computer
program called Intelli-talk.
This is a program similar to Cowriter or Write Out Loud. It allows information to be
inputted into the system by the teacher and it will orally read the directions, any reading or
activities that go with the lesson. This program also allows pictures to be associated with vital
vocabulary in the reading in the form of a word bank. By clicking on a picture the students
can review a brief definition of the word and hopeful this will aid them in completing the
vocabulary/comprehension activities. This program will also allow the teacher to make a word
web and using the pictures mentioned early, the students can match the correct word with the
picture. This is a great way to have students review independently what was read or discussed
previously in a small group setting. This also allows the teacher to engaged in another activity
with other students without having to be directly one on one with another student.
My students are tested annually on 400 basic sight words using the Brigance test. Any
words that