The Lab School in Washington, D.C., shows how one-on-one tutoring helps struggling readers achieve phonemic awareness. 		

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Helping Struggling Readers

Teaching reading is a hugely complicated task. So much so that researcher Louisa Moats ended up entitling her influential article "Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science." Watch and learn as Reading Rockets goes inside the classroom and captures effective techniques for teaching all aspects of Reading 101. The video clips are from Reading Rockets' PBS television series Launching Young Readers.

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At the Stern Center in Williston, Vermont, struggling students get a leg up on reading and other skills.

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Assessing Reading Skills

In a Connecticut suburb, first grade teacher Carol Spinello turns a spelling lesson into something of a game. 

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Invented Spelling

The Johnson School in Charlottesville, VA, has its own homegrown reading program called RISE (Reading Initiative for Student Excellence).					

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Spelling Patterns

In Houston, the teacher of an advanced kindergarten class connects letters and sounds in a systematic and explicit way.
						

For more information about teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle, visit www.readingrockets.org. Reading Rockets is a national education service of public television station WETA. Funding is provided by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Helping Struggling Readers

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