Building Reading Muscle of Struggling ELLs, Grades 6-12

Building reading muscle requires training, perseverance, and constant progress monitoring. Participants will review intervention strategies that include timely response to intervention focused on building strength and strategy among ELLs. Strategic and differentiated interventions reviewed and practiced with will include cognitive questioning, vocabulary development, peer and teacher feedback, use of graphic organizers and reflective self-monitoring.

Course Outcomes:

• Become familiar with, and further develop, intervention strategies focused on response to intervention as it applies to ELLs.
• Use strategy specific to, and that differentiate for, ELL struggling learners.
• Plan for, and implement with, vocabulary and questioning strategies combined with consistent use of teacher and peer feedback to build reading muscle.