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**How to teach the content** The following teaching strategies should be used when planning lessons for a struggling reader. These strategies follow the Orton-Gillingham teaching approach and should be used with tier III readers. Struggling readers need direct that is systematic and diagnostic in design that utilizes all of the students learning pathways simultaneously. Incorporate these five strategies when designing lessons for tier three struggling readers. ||
 * **Multisensory** || Lessons utilize all learning pathways simultaneously. The student will use visual, kinesthetic, and auditory pathways during lessons in order reinforce learned skills. Teaching content using multisensory methods will increase the student’s ability to retain and recall the content learned. ||
 * **Systematic** || The sequence of instruction must be systematic and follow a logical order. ||
 * **Direct Instruction** || The student should receive direct and explicit instruction. One on one instruction that directly teaches content to be learned. ||
 * **Diagnostic** || Continuous assessment of the students’ needs and development is important to ensure the material being taught is essential for learning. ||
 * **Synthetic and Analytic** || Synthetic instruction teaches the parts of the language and how the parts work together in the whole language. Analytic means that instruction presents the whole language and breaks it down into parts. It is important to create lessons that utilize both of the strategies. ||

References

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Tompkins, G. E. (2010). //Literacy for the 21st century: A balanced approach.// Boston: Pearson Education Inc.