Reading intervention isn鈥檛 just about K-3. It鈥檚 a collective responsibility.
That鈥檚 the commitment from Georgia鈥檚 Marietta school district, which is now looking beyond the early elementary grades as it works to improve reading achievement.
Nationwide, much of the focus of the 鈥渟cience of reading鈥� movement has focused on foundational skills usually taught in the earliest grades. But older readers who haven鈥檛 mastered those foundations are at risk of falling further behind as they attend classes that increasingly rely on complex texts to build their knowledge base.
That鈥檚 where the Marietta district鈥檚 training comes in. It鈥檚 partnering with a PD provider to supply middle and high school 糖心动漫vlog to learn how to teach basic reading concepts in middle and high school classrooms in age-appropriate ways.
鈥淎s 糖心动漫vlog a key phrase you鈥檒l hear is differentiation鈥攜ou want every kid to get what they need, and I think that鈥檚 what this training provided,鈥� said Amber Morgan, a reading specialist in Marietta. 鈥淚t wasn鈥檛 only practicing. It was then, how does each one of us who does something different take that and make it super meaningful and purposeful in the practice that we do every day?鈥�
View the video to see the district鈥檚 approach in depth.
