If a student needs help with decoding, context/definition, fluency, comprehension or pronunciation of words you can use the following resources to begin lesson planning them.
- Develop a list of site words or words frequently used in the student’s workplace or at home
- Use daily journaling and creative writing prompts that are related to the student’s life and experiences (ex: Who is the person you admire most? What are three things you would change if you were president?”
- Assign daily reading assignments from a level-appropriate source and that is based on the student’s interests
- Assign online reading material such as news or information on pages that interest the student (ex: CNN, USA Today, The Huffington Post, or the website of a famous figure the student admires)
- Send the student through Voyager reading series 1-8, which is located in the ABE Library at Literacy Network (placement tool)