- Tutoring In the first decade of the twenty-first century, several initiatives at the national level have made reading a priority of elementary education. The Reading First Legislation of 2002 states that schools need to document student growth in five areas of reading—phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, fluency, text comprehension, and vocabulary. Many schools recognize that the one way to accomplish this goal is through tutoring. Tutors can be categorized into five different types:
1. reading specialists/reading coaches
2. certified teachers
3. paraprofessionals
4. computer assisted
5. web-based tutoring
The International Reading Association outlines the minimum qualifications for a reading intervention teacher, a reading supervisor/coordinator, and all reading specialists. They must have a master’s degree with at least 21–27 hours in literacy and supervised reading practicum experiences.
This chapter highlights effective training for each type of tutor and one successful tutoring program—Reading Recovery.
A suggested lesson plan that includes objectives, a consistent format, and a place for refection is provided in the text. The chapter also contains suggestions for getting started with a tutee.
- Reading Recovery Promo
- Reading Recovery Lesson-Familiar Reading
- Reading Recovery Lesson-Writing
- Ch. 13 PPT
- Ch. 13 Quiz
- Tutoring Lesson Plan Attached Files:
- TutoringLessonPlan.docx (17.062 KB)
- List and explain the components of a tutoring session. Explain to others in your group why you think each component is necessary; give reasons for your stance.
- Using the attached lesson plan, write a lesson plan for Joel, a first-semester first grader who is independently reading books at level C. His instructional level is D. He knows the “at” word families but still struggles with other simple word families such as the “ig,” “and,” “ake,” and “ug” families. Joel dislikes reading orally. He enjoys books about animals, bugs, and snakes. You may select book titles from the leveled book list. You may also want to use the digital activities listed under External Links and then the folder Tutoring Resources. Joel is very interested in online games and is a very active first grader.
- Documents for completing tutoring lesson Attached Files:
- Ch13docs.docx (40.297 KB)