Sentences with phrase «lack reading skills»

Just to give you an idea of the level of these other students, many (perhaps 50 %) lack the reading skills to comprehend a book like * Walden * or * A Tale of Two Cities.

«Sixty - one percent of [high school] students lack math skills, 62 percent lack reading skills needed for entry - level college,» Wild explained.

To be honest, the young man didn't lack reading skills.

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Akira, I am appalled by the lack of reading comprehension skills of some of the posters here.

Michael Leedle, your reading comprehension skills are poorly lacking.

If you aren't convinced that this flawed belief system is the product of a con man, then you lack basic reading comprehension skills.

Or, you lack reading comprehension skills.

Obviously you lack reading comprehension skills it's been posted on here several time, keep proving how clueless you are.

He lacks the skills to protect the ball when in possession and often gets robbed because of that, but can read the game very well and has great finishing ability.

You tool clearly you can't read and your comprehension skills are lacking your first post says it was flamini's fault then your 2nd says it was merts.

Mertz should never have been our captain in the first place... who has ever heard of a team that makes 11th hour transfer buys (Arteta & Mertz) then seemingly places those same individuals into prominent leadership positions from the get - go... indicative of the problems that have permeated our clubhouse for the better part of 7 years under the Kroenke & Wenger... what is wrong with the players chosen and / or the management style of Wenger that doesn't develop and / or encourage strong leadership from within... Mertz was the fine collecting lackey from year one... this is what happens when you don't get world - class players because many times they want to have a voice on and off the pitch and this can't happen when you play for a fragile manager who has developed a coddling wage structure where everyone is rewarded for simply wearing the shirt and participating in the process... not enough balance between performance and pay, combined with the obvious favoritism shown to some players regardless of their glaring lack of production... remember that Ramsey has played in positions that make no sense considering his skill - set (out wide) and has forced other players off the field or into equally unfamiliar positions with little or no justification (let's remember when you read articles about how Ramsey's goals this upcoming season being the potential X-factor for our success that this is the same individual who didn't score a goal until the final week last season)... this of course is just one example of many... before I hear another word from Mertz I want this club to address the fact that no former player of any real consequence has any important role in the management structure of this club, yet several former Gunners have expressed serious interest in just such an endeavor (Henry, Viera, Adams, Bergkamp... just to name a few legends)... there is only one answer: an extremely insecure manager!!!

He's certainly skilled at managing and motivating players but he lacks ability to read games and effect game changing tactics or players swap.

«Students were skilled in the development of the app, but many of them lacked practice in how to explain the app in a way that would entice the venture capitalists,» the book reads.)

Fortunately, even older teens who lack basic reading skills can become successful readers.

On the other hand, if he adamantly does not want to read, you may need to dig a little to find out if he's been taunted about his lack of skill by other children, or whether he tried to read something advanced and then decided it was «too difficult».

Do you know a child who appears reluctant to read and lacks confidence in their literacy skills?

On the other hand, learners must be able to put the information into their own words, like an essay question, but are not required to supply a lengthy explanation if they lack sufficient reading and comprehension skills.

At the same time that thousands of school districts nationwide are beginning to implement the Common Core State Standards in English / language arts, many also face new state reading policies for the early grades that call for the identification of struggling readers, require interventions to help them, and, in some instances, mandate the retention of 3rd graders who lack adequate reading skills.

A few years ago, Jocelyn Graves, of Sacramento, California, was shocked to learn that her fourth - grade son lacked some very basic reading skills.

Mr. Cover's Class Reviews: A «Real World» Application for Reading In response to his students» lack of enthusiasm for and skill with nonfiction, reading teacher Millard Cover introduced «Mr. Cover's Class Reviews,» a project in which students become product testers and reviewers and publish their findings Reading In response to his students» lack of enthusiasm for and skill with nonfiction, reading teacher Millard Cover introduced «Mr. Cover's Class Reviews,» a project in which students become product testers and reviewers and publish their findings reading teacher Millard Cover introduced «Mr. Cover's Class Reviews,» a project in which students become product testers and reviewers and publish their findings online.

«Embarrassment and fear clouded the prospect of reading aloud when children in this study lacked the confidence and skills to read well,» Merga writes.

«Teacher identities and professional histories; departmental structures; differentiated roles, such as reading specialists and literacy coaches; lack of teacher preparation to teach literacy skills; arguments over whose responsibility literacy instruction is; competing factors such as motivation and engagement; disparities between in - and out - of - school literacy practices; and the increasing demands of reading to learn all contribute to the stagnation in literacy achievement,» he says.

The most startling finding of the report, released by the nonpartisan think - tank, MassINC (The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth), is that 667,000 of the 1.1 million at - risk workers have earned a high school credential but still lack basic math, reading, writing, language, and analytic skills at the level considered acceptable for the typical 21st century workplace.

The message about «soft skills» message has been garnering a lot of support recently, which was for me highlighted in a great - if not shocking, when you read the statistics it features - article in the Telegraph this month by Julia Llewellyn Smith, about how they were lacking in so many people [2].

After teaching for six years, I recognized a recurring story: middle school students lacked the literacy skills — speaking, writing, reading, and listening — to contribute to the community, to succeed academically across content areas, and to, perhaps most importantly, create their authentic narrative.

Two large (and largely overlooked) problems remain at the root of the reading crisis: a lack of a coherent elementary school curriculum, and a stubborn insistence on teaching and testing reading comprehension as a how - to «skill.»

Four years of high school isn't enough «catch - up time» for students who enter ninth grade not speaking English or who lack strong reading and math skills.

Per the Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA), «Many children, including children with learning disabilities, do not learn to read in the first grade because they lack the basic readiness skills or the school's method is not appropriate for them.

Without strong oral language skills they are also more likely to lack confidence when they read aloud in English.

Many students enjoy learning through dramatic activities like acting out a story that they've read, or creating monologues by historical characters, but students may lack the skills of cooperation, collaboration, focus and self - control that drama requires.

Screening will also highlight the foundational skills that some student lack, and these will continue to be obstacles to proficient reading skills if left unaddressed.

The goal is to identify which reading skills each individual child lacks, group those children together regardless of grade or class and hit those skills intensively during intervention.

An item - by - item look at state test results reveals that students lack higher - level reading and thinking skills.

Students will continue to learn to read and develop comprehension skills for fiction texts, but the lack of preparation for the analysis of informational text looms over the heads of teachers.

Too many pupils lack basic skills in science, maths and reading and too few pupils work at the highest levels in these subjects.

Two - thirds of incoming kindergarteners in Mississippi lack early reading skills, according to tests given the students.

Again, those who were in the classroom in the 1970s either as teacher or student will remember the frustration with the lack of knowledge about which set of skills in which sequence would lead to reading achievement for all.

After talking with the teacher, the preservice teachers discovered that over the summer students often lost the progress they made on their reading skills, the result of a lack of age - appropriate books and magazines in their homes.

Four in ten of our fourth - graders lack basic reading skills.

Students targeted for lack of pre-reading education, phonics skills, and awareness could build the capacity to move up through the reading program.

In an early learning classroom, the teacher notices that many students are reluctant to practice reading independently and lack confidence practicing their reading skills aloud.

At the same time, high school educators can learn new strategies for how to evaluate and develop the foundation reading, writing, and math skills that may be underdeveloped due to lack of access to preschool education.

One of the saddest things about adult illiteracy and ESL language learners is not the staggering rates of adults who are still classified as functionally illiterate, or the numbers of immigrants who may learn to speak a language with some level of comfort and fluency but never develop basic reading skills; it's the quality — or lack thereof — of instructional materials for adult learners.

I read some of Mike's essays and found a kindred spirit who happened to have the skills and interests in the mechanics of publishing that I lacked.

Bessy lacks the necessary scullery skills for her new position, but as she finds out, it is her ability to read and write that makes her such a desirable property.

After reading so many messages in forums and social media how hard is to get your book cover right when you're self - published, we've decided to create this article with a list of book cover design tips, so you don't have rely on your taste and skills — or lack thereof — to give your book an image.

Surprisingly, it's actually older Americans who most frequently lack adequate reading skills.

The next component we were interested in was how reading skills (or a lack thereof) during a child's early life translate to illiteracy rates later on.

When patients lack basic reading skills, it can impact the health care system to the tune of $ 100 billion annually.

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