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12: Instruction for Older Students Struggling with Reading

Study Questions
  1. What are the three components of daily instruction, and what activities are included with each component in a daily lesson?

  2. Describe the finger tapping procedure and its benefits to students.

  3. What is controlled text, and why is it important for the development of accuracy and automaticity?

  4. How can the appropriate level of text be determined for a student?

  5. What conditions support the struggling reading’s learning in content-area classes?
Activity

Finger-tapping is an activity described in Chapter 12 that aids students in segmenting and blending. List 25 words that contain five phonemes that could be used with this activity.



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