Students from low income backgrounds are especially vulnerable to falling behind their literacy development as they become adolescents and move into the upper grades. As vocabulary and content increases in complexity, students without adequate foundational skills begin to experience more struggle and frustration with grade level material. It can be particularly difficult to motivate adolescent students, so Stephanie reminds us to be sympathetic to the challenges our students face and provides strategies to motivate and support adolescent readers. Find the rest of the modules from this series below:
The Achievement Gap: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds (Part 1)
Importance of Parent Training in Early Literacy: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds (Part 2)
Strategies to Support Emergent Literacy: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds (Part 3)
Increasing Literacy in Adolescents: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds (Part 4)
Optimizing the Learning Environment: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds (Part 5)
Contextualize Language for Learning: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds (Part 6)
Increasing Executive Functioning: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds: (Part 7)
