what do i do if i am getting low grades in reading.?

Answer 1

First of all, you need to find out your reading level. Has your class been tested to determine this? Does your school have STAR testing? STAR is a computer generated test that determines your Independent Reading Level, your Grade Equivalent level, and so forth. Try to find out your own level, and read at that level. Read, read, read. The AR (Accelerated Reader) program features books that are leveled, and you can take computer tests to assess your understanding of the book after you've read it. As you improve your reading skills, move on up to more difficult levels.

Try to determine your weak areas. Comprehension? Fluency?
Words and Phrases? Phonics/Phonetic Awareness? Ask your teacher to help you in this area. Data may be available from previous standardized testing. Sub-test scores should tell you what you need to work on.

Work on the area(s) that you are weakest in. Ask your teacher for extra help in these areas.

Is there a tutoring program in your school? If so, make use of it.
Check with your media specialist/Reading teacher to find out if there are computer programs to help you. Many programs are skill-based and skill specific, such as focus on Main Idea and Supporting Details, Cause and Effect, Author's Purpose, Compare/Contrast, Figurative Language, etc. Work on these skills.

Ask your media specialist to help you search out websites that may offer exercises and self-tests, etc. that you can work on at home.

Educators should be more than willing to help a student with a sincere request for help in reading. Reading well and understanding what you read is of vital importance to optimal success in all your subjects. You have made a mature and responsible decision by seeking ways to improve your reading skills. Best of luck, and don't forget to keep reading!

Answer 2

First of all, go back to the beginning. How well do you know phonics? If you don't know phonics, pick up a cheap software program and go through it until you know phonics in your sleep. As a teacher for 14 years, and as someone who has taught college, high school and mostly middle school, I can tell you, phonics is where it's at.

At first my students are bashful about going through what they consider to be a dingy, baby-ish program, but I tell them that if they're smart, they'll go through it in no time. And they do, and their reading skills go up.

The best thing you can do is just to read, read, read. Start with books that are a bit too easy for you, and read all of them. Graduate to slightly harder books when you feel comfortable. Ask your teacher for a reading test to determine where you are. Gates-McGinitie makes a good standardized reading test.

Subscribe to magazines. Read comic books and graphic novels. Read the labels on cans! Read anything you can. Read about what interests you. Heck, read Playboy magazine! As long as you are really reading and not just looking at the pictures, you are READING, and that's what important, which is to make reading a deep, ongoing, necessary part of your life.

Just like any sport, the more you practice, the better you get. The easier reading will get. It's like a muscle that you have to keep working, because if you don't work it will get flabby, then atrophy. By the way, if you don't know what "atrophy" means (to waste away or shrink), get a good college-level dictionary, something that you will grow into and keep for years. Whenever you don't know a word, look it up! Then try to use it in a sentence during the next 24 hours, even if you only think it to yourself.

On tests, make sure you read the entire question and all of the possible answers before choosing one. Realize that one answer will be completely off target; this is the distractor. There will be another distractor that is slightly less wrong. Then narrow your choice down to two, remember your reading, and choose the best/correct answer.

Remember SQ3R -- survey, question, read, recite, review. This will help you remember what you read. Do it often enough and it will become second nature so you rarely ever forget what you read, and you only need to read it one time through.

The best advice for reading: just do it! Read anything and everything you can, and your grades will improve.

Cheers and good luck! -- K

Answer 3

You could have a reading based learning disability. You should look into an evaluation done by an experienced professional. Identifying the problem will help you to avoid years of frustration & failure. Once your problem is identified you can learn specific ways to work around your reading problems.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

practise, practise, practise. It's your only chance to some day not be one of the many people who are still handicapped in just about everything they do, because they a re not proficient in reading and writing.

Answer 6

"practise, practise, practise. It's your only chance to some day not be one of the many people who are still handicapped in just about everything they do, because they a re not proficient in reading and writing. "
To sharmel above: practise? yes, proficient in writing...

To the asker: Just read. That or become an athlete....

Answer 7

ask your teacher to help in to pick up your grades and what you can do. reading is fun

Answer 8

Not everyone was their when god passed out brains. Just suck it up and live with it and hope this life is as painless as the last one

Answer 9

practise and learning from experience makes the man perfect!

Answer 10

ask the teacher for any thing you can do for extra credit.