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Daily Lesson Plan for a Struggling Reader

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Strategy-based programs that are executed with consistency are the best for achieving growth in any learner with a learning disability. Here is a seven-step lesson plan that is highly structured and is intended to help learners with significant struggles in reading. It includes with brain integration exercises, decoding practice, dictation, sight words, prereading, and oral reading, and finishes off with comprehension training. Any pre-service teacher or new special educator would be pleased to use a plan as well-developed and thoughtfully designed as this one.

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learning disabilities, disabilities

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reading remediation, remedial reading, struggling reader, learning disability, programs

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  • An excellent resource for new teachers
  • Uses direct and strategic instructional practices
  • Remediation techniques are founded in research-based practices

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  • Please note that this document is not written in a typical lesson plan format, but provides invaluable information 

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