Natalie Wexler highlighted MORE (Model of Reading Engagement) on her newsletter, Minding the Gap.
We have evidence that when that happens, students can benefit greatly. An elementary curriculum called MORE, which combines social studies and science topics with techniques like teaching about prefixes and suffixes, has been found to improve both decoding and comprehension through at least fourth grade.
“There are very few literacy interventions that improve reading comprehension in third grade and beyond,” the lead creator of MORE, Professor James Kim, has been quoted as saying. “And there are even fewer that improve reading comprehension through fourth and fifth grade.”
Check out her newsletter from September, Beyond Reading Comprehension Strategies, here!
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