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Teaching to Transform: An instructional practice guide to support struggling readers and writers in grades 6-12

Grades 6 - 12 AIS - Literacy English Language Arts

This book was created to aid teachers with understanding the specific needs of struggling readers and writers and offers concrete strategies for many areas of literacy for students may need additional support: word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. A short description of multiple instructional practices that are highly effective are included.

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TeacherAdministratorInstructional CoachCentral StaffLibrarianESL TeacherSpecial Education Teacher
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  • English Language Arts
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Teaching to Transform was created to aid teachers with understanding specific needs of struggling readers and writers. It offers concrete strategies for areas of literacy where struggling readers and writers may need additional support- word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. Teaching to Transform also provides a descript...
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