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Some strategies to help you in reading for school:
Strategy 1: Read at least 20 minutes a day outside of school AND outside of homework!
"The amount of free reading done outside of school has consistently been found to relate to growth in vocabulary, reading comprehension, verbal fluency, and general information (Anderson, Wilson, and Fielding 1988; Greaney 1980; Guthrie and Greaney 1991; Taylor, Frye, and Maruyama 1990). Students who read independently become better readers, score higher on achievement tests in all subject areas, and have greater content knowledge than those who do not (Krashen 1993; Cunningham and Stanovich 1991; Stanovich and Cunningham 1993)" (Cullinan, 2000).
Strategy 2: If the text is too difficult for you, find something you can understand.
If you can't find something on your own that makes sense to you, talk to your teacher. Some teachers already use easier texts in their classrooms to help their students understand material. For example, "Debra Schneider, a history teacher at Merrill West High School in Tracy, California, said she uses picture books to supplement the U.S. history curriculum for her 11th graders because such books communicate a lot of basic information in a concise way" (Zehr, 2010).
"The amount of free reading done outside of school has consistently been found to relate to growth in vocabulary, reading comprehension, verbal fluency, and general information (Anderson, Wilson, and Fielding 1988; Greaney 1980; Guthrie and Greaney 1991; Taylor, Frye, and Maruyama 1990). Students who read independently become better readers, score higher on achievement tests in all subject areas, and have greater content knowledge than those who do not (Krashen 1993; Cunningham and Stanovich 1991; Stanovich and Cunningham 1993)" (Cullinan, 2000).
Strategy 2: If the text is too difficult for you, find something you can understand.
If you can't find something on your own that makes sense to you, talk to your teacher. Some teachers already use easier texts in their classrooms to help their students understand material. For example, "Debra Schneider, a history teacher at Merrill West High School in Tracy, California, said she uses picture books to supplement the U.S. history curriculum for her 11th graders because such books communicate a lot of basic information in a concise way" (Zehr, 2010).
Bibliography
Cullinan, B.E. (2000). Independent reading and school achievement. U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume32000/independent.
Zehr, M.A. (2010, January 6). Reading aloud to teens gains favor among teachers. Education Week, 29(16), 1.
Zehr, M.A. (2010, January 6). Reading aloud to teens gains favor among teachers. Education Week, 29(16), 1.