Interventions for Environmental Factors That Affect Reading Comprehension

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Over the last month, we’ve been discussing all the different factors that can affect a student’s reading comprehension, even in upper elementary. We’ve gone over fundamental and cognitive factors, and now we’ve hit the last factor, which is environmental. So, in the last episode of the series, I’m sharing interventions for environmental factors that affect reading comprehension, the impact those have on student learning, and ways to support them. 

When it comes to environmental factors, I’m really going to cover the socioeconomic and emotional or psychological factors that students face. As you address these factors, it’s important to be aware that this involves creating a supportive classroom environment and connecting with resources that go beyond the classroom. I’m going to provide several intervention ideas that involve the community, public library, and ways to include SEL into your daily literacy routine. 

As you start to examine reasons why a student isn’t proficient in reading comprehension, it’s important to look beyond academics. Are there resources or materials that aren’t attainable or lack the support to improve their reading? By taking a look at the environmental factors that affect reading comprehension and addressing those issues, you will soon have your students feeling successful with their literacy skills!

In this episode on environmental factors that affect reading comprehension, I share:

• The two types of environmental factors that can affect a student’s reading comprehension
• Ways to use the resources in your community, public library, and online to support your students
• How to easily incorporate SEL into your literacy lesson, along with an example of how to do it
• A variety of ways that you can support students with environmental factors in your classroom and at home

Resources Mentioned:

• Join The Daily Writing Disguise 
• Vocabulary Writing Prompts Sample
• FREE Context Clues Activity Set
• Reading Comprehension Activity Bundle
• McKay’s Used Book Store
• Half Price Books
• Reading Graphic Organizers
• Reading Comprehension Question Rings
• Reading Skills and Strategies Anchor Charts
• Sentence Stem Response Cards
• Sentence Stem Anchor Charts
• Episode 169, Interventions for Cognitive Factors That Affect Reading Comprehension
• Episode 168, Interventions for Fundamental Factors That Affect Reading Comprehension
• Episode 167, Fundamental, Cognitive, and Environmental Factors That Affect Reading Comprehension

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Your host, Megan Polk, is the creator and owner of The Literacy Dive, a company that creates educational, literacy curriculum that aims to close the gap and support children in reaching mastery. Being a literacy specialist and having over a decade of teaching grades K-5, Megan knows the power of collaboration and working alongside teachers and parents to provide them with the support, confidence, and resources they need to meet students where they are.

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