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Struggling Readers
The primary mission of Reading Rockets is to provide resources to help parents and educators support struggling readers. This section contains important articles about why learning to read can be difficult and what teachers and parents can do to help. Be sure to also see the Helping Struggling Readers section.
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Professional development webcasts
- English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities
- Assessment: On Track for Reading Success
- Make Reading Count: Effective Strategies for Teaching Comprehension
- Comprehension: Helping English Language Learners Grasp the Full Picture
- Differentiated Reading Instruction
- Teaching Writing
- Talking Tutoring
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- Advocacy
- Children's Books
- Dyslexia
- Learning Disabilities
- Struggling Readers
- Q&A with educational technology expert Dr. Tracy Gray
In our blogs
Sound It Out
- The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia documentary
- Learning more about learning disabilities
- Third grade again?
- How important is it to match a reader to a text?
- New reality series: Kindergarten Teacher
- More...
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The Common Core Classroom
Top articles
Basics
- Dyslexia Basics
- Teaching All Students to Read: Practices from Reading First Schools with Strong Intervention Outcomes
- About Reading Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, and Reading Difficulties
- Dyslexia: Beyond the Myth
For parents
- Summertime and the Learning Is Easy
- Early Signs of a Reading Difficulty
- Having Your Child Tested for Learning Disabilities Outside of School
- When Good Kids Get Bad Grades
- A Guide for Finding a Tutor
For teachers
- Extending Readers Theatre: A Powerful and Purposeful Match with Podcasting
- Tell Me About the Story: Comprehension Strategies for Students with Autism
- Helping Children with Communication Disorders in the Schools
- 10 Strategies to Enhance Students' Memory
- 15 Strategies for Managing Attention Problems
By grade
Speech and language
- Helping Children with Communication Disorders in the Schools
- What's 'Normal,' What's Not: Acquiring English as a Second Language
- Suspect a Problem?
Do you have concerns?
English language learners who struggle
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Research
- Don't DYS Our Kids: Dyslexia and the Quest for Grade-Level Reading Proficiency
- Parent Involvement
- What Research Says About Parent Involvement in Children's Education
- Parental Involvement and Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis
- A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement
- Reading Disabilities
