Many comprehensive core reading programs will need modifications to meet the needs of at-risk students. List six common problems that will require modification

What will be an ideal response?


1 . Many programs include a large number of activities that would take many hours each day to present; however, the program does not provide clear guidance regarding which tasks are the more essential.
2 . Some programs do include daily instruction in critical skills.
3 . Some programs do not provide clear directions to teachers on how to overtly and clearly teach specific skills and to make instruction sufficiently interactive.
4 . Lack of sufficient number of assessments to help teachers in placing students in the program at the beginning of the school year and monitoring the extent to which the students are learning the content during the year.
5 . Introduction of new information and skills at too fast a rate. Too much is introduced at one time and too little practice is provided in order to enable students to develop mastery before proceeding to more advanced topics.
6 . Some programs do not carefully control the vocabulary or syntax the teacher uses when presenting information to children.

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