Recognizing Words in Print: Strategies and Activities

Recognizing Words in Print Template
Part 1: Strategies
* Strategy 1: Differentiated Instructional Materials
Using differentiated classroom instructions supports personalized learning that enables the instructor to tailor the instructions based on the unique learning needs and capabilities of a student. This applies to all students and is also effective for those students with learning difficulties and special needs resulting in improvement in academic performance. An example of this is having materials in the classroom that have different levels of readability.
* Strategy 2: Call and Response
This strategy is done by having the students repeat the words that are read by the teacher. The call and response strategy promotes the association of the auditory stimuli from the teacher to what the words look like and their meaning. The strategy can be used in a general setting and is found to be beneficial to all types of students in helping them recognize words in print and is even applicable to other subjects such as math.
* Strategy 3: Increased Practice Time
This strategy is best used with the differentiated instructional materials along with the consideration of the class size. Letting the students have more opportunities to respond and apply what they have learned while receiving guidance from the teacher will promote learning, retention, and progress monitoring in their ability to recognize words in print. During the given practice time, the student will also be able to monitor their progress including their errors and aspects that needs improvement.
* Strategy 4: Check-In/Check-Out
The check-in/check-out strategy applies to students that require more feedback from their teacher. This promotes a collaborative environment that targets the learning difficulties of a student. At the start of the intervention the expectations and key points that need to be addressed are established and is worked on during the given time, then it is assessed at the end of the session.
* Strategy 5: Increased Font Size in Reading Materials
Using reading materials that have a larger font size will enable the children to visualize the words better for more retention and association with the spoken word and its corresponding meaning. This strategy helps reinforce the sight words that students already know while also enabling them to recognize more words in print as they read more. Poster-sized materials and projectors are some of the resources that may be used in this strategy.
References:
Johnson, A. P. (2017). A Meaning-Based Plan for Addressing RTI for Struggling Readers. International Journal of Whole Schooling, 13(3), 88-107.
Majeika, C. E., Bruhn, A. L., Sterrett, B. I., & McDaniel, S. (2020). Reengineering Tier 2 interventions for responsive decision making: An adaptive intervention process. J...