Struggling Readers.com founder Matthew Glavach, Ph.D., teacher, researcher,
and writer, authored and coauthored over 30 educational programs, including
High Interest Teaching Systems (HITS), Reading with
Donny and Marie Osmond, and Core Reading, and several
research articles.
Dr.
Glavach recently wrote Core Reading, a remarkably successful
reading intervention program. Over half of the students made 3 to 5 years’
progress in one year, and most students were successful in core academic
classes. Click here to read more.
As 7th grade
Language Arts teachers, we were delighted when we found your book Greek
and Latin Roots. We have been struggling with "to spell or not to spell"
in 7th grade. The traditional word lists seemed to be working for fewer and
fewer students. Because our year long focus is on vocabulary strategies, not
just rule memorization, this book fit right in. We have
used it all year with our 7th graders and hear positive comments from them
(amazing!) and from other core content teachers who are picking up these
roots in content vocabulary as well. We are considering using Book 2 with
8th grade next year. Thank you for filling this need so well.
Ginny Struble
Sandra Moore
Christine Smith
Knowing Latin and Greek word roots enhances the
understanding of key concepts in textbooks.
Knowing Latin and Greek word roots enhances the
understanding of key concepts in textbooks.
FOR OLDER STRUGGLING READERS Core Reading
Includes the skills for reading
core textbooks in 25 weekly lessons
Dr. Glavach's program, Core Reading, has
broken the myth that you can't teach reading at the high school level. He has
gone beyond traditional reading programs and developed a highly effective
linguistics program to increase students' reading skills. Many of our students
come to the reading lab with a third or fourth grade reading level, and after a
semester or year in the program, all students improve their reading and many
advance to grade level or above.
Ruth Martin
Project Manager
State and Federal Projects
Improves students' spelling, word attack, and reading
Excellent for ESL Students
The teachers in our building who have used the Programmed Spelling Review like
it very much. Generally, we use the lessons with our ESL students, although some teachers have also used the tapes with native English speakers who happen to be struggling with reading and writing. Teachers like the lessons because they are very self-directed and students can move at their own pace. Not only do the students take in the information by reading and writing, they also hear the words being spoken.
Dianne Borsi
Middle School ESL Teacher
FOR OLDER STRUGGLING READERS
Reading the News for Reading Fluency
Reading fluency practice using high-interest Associated Press
news articles
Reading the News Chosen by
Professional Development Group
CORE (Consortium on Reading Excellence), a leader in providing
professional development in California and the Pacific Northwest, uses Reading the News as a
key component of its training for high school educators. Ms. Diamond and Mr. Honig
selected "Reading the News" as a fundamental part of CORE's high school
training program because "This program helps struggling readers develop fluency
and have fun doing it!".
