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U N D E R S TA N D I N G
READING
D I F F I C U LT I E S
R E A D I N G I S T H I N K I N G
M R . B AT E R
S E P T E M B E R 1 1 , 2 0 2 4
T H R E E M A I N D I F F I C U LT I E S
• Today we will talk about three main difficulties experts identify
in young readers.
• Decoding Difficulties
• Comprehension Difficulties
• Retention Difficulties
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DECODING
D I F F I C U LT I E S
• Decoding is breaking words into individual
sounds (phonemes).
• Struggling decoders can't easily separate
sounds like "buh," "aah," and "guh" in
"bag."
• Signs: trouble sounding out words, slow
reading rate, reading without expression.
COMPREHENSION
D I F F I C U LT I E S
• Comprehension is the ability to understand
something! (in this case, a reading/text)
• Comprehension relies on decoding skills.
• Struggling decoders find it hard to understand
and remember text.
• Signs: confusion about word meanings, inability
to connect ideas, lack of concentration.
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RETENTION
D I F F I C U LT I E S
• Retention is the ability to keep something in
your memory!
• Retention needs both decoding and
comprehension.
• High-level cognitive skills like memory are
crucial.
• Signs: trouble summarizing, difficulty
connecting to prior knowledge, applying text to
experiences.
DON’T WORRY!
• There are easy and manageable strategies that you can use to
overcome reading challenges.
• Monitor comprehension
• Activate prior knowledge
• Ask questions
• Make inferences
• Visualize
• Summarize
• Predict
• Clarify unknown words
• Make connections
• Adjust reading speed based on text difficulty
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