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Reading comprehension

  • “Reading Focus Card” to Help Students with Dyslexia & ADD/ADHD

    Experienced teacher Joan Brennan, wanting to help her students focus on the texts they were trying to read so that they would comprehend them better, invented the Reading Focus Card.

    April 12, 2024
  • Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension

    Upon completion of this section, you will:

    January 12, 2026
  • Reading Apprenticeships

    Reading Apprenticeships

    Upon completion of this section, you will:

    June 11, 2025
  • Individual Attention for U-M Students with Learning Difficulties

    Six Steps to Academic Success Individual Option

    In response to requests from UM students we can design a program that is based on your individual needs to help you tackle your course work.

    December 20, 2023
  • How should writing be assessed?

    How should writing be assessed?

    Upon completion of this section, you will:

    • Understand the components of writing
    • Know how to assess these components
    • Have compendium of writing tests

    Overcoming writing problems begins with a good assessment

    Many individuals with dyslexia or learning disabilities think that writing c

    June 20, 2025
  • Books to Get Kids Reading

    Research has shown that reading contributes to vocabulary development, which directly affects our ability to understand what we read.

    December 29, 2025
  • Foster Language, Reading, and Writing Improvement at Home

    Foster Language, Reading, and Writing Improvement at Home

    June 11, 2024
  • Strategies for Teachers

    Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities
    Upon completion of this section, you will

    • Acquire general recommendations for the classroom that enrich learning for beginning readers and writers
    • Identify tips for the different parts of the reading process that enrich comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary
    • Have idea
    August 14, 2025
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