Closing the Loop: Assessing and Teaching Striving Readers

Closing the Loop: Assessing & Teaching Striving Readers guides teachers through the process of identifying and assisting students with reading difficulties. Beginning with the basics, this text covers different assessments that can be used to identify striving readers in Part I. Following the basics, Part II presents multiple different instructional strategies that can be used to aid in teaching striving readers. In the instructional strategies that are presented in Part II, the purpose of the activity is shown, followed by the steps of the activity. In the steps of the activities, the preparation required and implementation are reviewed.