Classroom strategies can help support students who are reading below grade level, writes Heather Butters, who teaches at a Title I elementary school in Virginia. In this blog post, she suggests providing students with more access to books and adds that “intentional and explicit planning is the backbone of literacy instruction.”
Butters, H. (2018, November 06). Improving Reading Outcomes for Economically Disadvantaged Students. Retrieved February 13, 2019
- Posted: March 27, 2019
Home » Best Practices » Butters, H. (2018, November 06). Improving Reading Outcomes for Economically Disadvantaged Students. Retrieved February 13, 2019
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- Poverty Data Sources
- Neuroscience & the Classroom
- Why Resources Matter
- 1 – Build Relationships
- 2 – Decrease Stress
- 3 – Increase Status
- 4 – Increase Hope
- 5 – Proactively Guide
- 6 – Use “Me” Strategies
- 7 – Understand Goals of Misbehavior
- 8 – Decrease Health Impacts
- 9 – Build Family/Community Partnerships
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- 23 – Infuse the Arts
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