Classroom Library

• Allow students to have quiet time for reading a few days a week or every day, if the schedule permits. Set up your classroom library with books of different levels, so that beginner, intermediate and advanced students all have an appropriate selection. Organize the books by theme, so that students can easily find a topic that they enjoy reading about. Take time to walk around the classroom and assist students with any personal reading difficulties.
  
  

PowerPoint

• Put a passage from a book, poem or a short story up on the PowerPoint slides. Ask one of the students in the class to read it out loud. Make sure the letters are bold and large. After the student reads the story, ask the class to answer the who, what, where, when and why questions. Include analytical questions as well, depending on the level of the classroom. You will be able to assess how students read, but also how they absorb the information.
  
  

Computer Programs

• Allowing students to use computers in the classroom will be a privilege for them, furthering their investment in these activities. Purchase a software program or borrow one from the school library that provides activities such as associating pictures with their names and how different sounds translate into speech. You could also use programs with reading comprehension activities that help a student to find the main ideas of a passage, as well as to make inferences and draw conclusions.
  
  

Flashcards

• Create your own flashcards or purchase some from a teacher supply store. If you make your own, create a picture on one side that corresponds to the word on the other side. Use the flashcards with individual students or in front of the whole group. Another option is to distribute packs of flashcards to pairs of students. Give them some time to work with each other with the flashcards and to record how many they get correct.