How Do You Design A Reading Program?
Since reading is a complex skill with many facets, a good reading program is important to students’ success. It is as important to consider how you will teach each skill as it is to think about what to teach. Once you have made decisions about the content and methodology that will best benefit your students, you can find curricular materials and activities to support your decisions. Evaluate your students’ present reading skills. An informal reading inventory (a test involving reading passages at various grade levels and responding to comprehension questions) is a very versatile tool for this task. In fact, it is recommended by Dr. Joseph K. Torgesen, researcher and professor of psychology at Florida State University, as being the most detailed and flexible of all common reading tests. Information from an informal reading inventory lends itself to error analysis to isolate specific phonics, word analysis and comprehension skills that are problematic for a given student. Familiarize you
