Regardless of grade or content area, teachers work with students who experience reading challenges daily. The ability to identify needs and provide a variety of research-based, age-appropriate strategies that students can use in academic and non-academic settings is critical to building reading skills and fostering classroom success across content areas. Additionally, knowing assistive technologies and applications that can be used to support instruction and enhance and support student learning at home is essential. Consider Scarborough’s Reading Rope and the types of challenges students can encounter with decoding and language comprehension. Using what you have learned from the topic Resources, “Table 8.2 Major Comprehension Strategies” in the textbook, and your own research, complete the “ELM-316 Reading Comprehension Support Strategies” template.
Identify which comprehension strategy category would best address each student’s needs: Preparational, Organizational, Elaboration, or Metacognitive. Within the identified category, select a specific strategy and provide a 2-3-sentence summary explaining the strategy. Provide a rationale as to how that strategy will help the student in each scenario with their reading comprehension needs and how the strategy can be adapted to assist at home. Include at least one example of an assistive technology tool and one free online application or resource to enhance or support literacy development in class or at home for each student. Briefly justify how each resource will support the specific student’s literacy development. If available, include a link to the resource. Support your deliverable with a minimum of two scholarly resources. While APA Style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.