How flash fiction can help readers reading below grade levels
If you are teaching older, struggling readers then you will know how hard it is to find reading materials that they will enjoy. Kids who are dyslexic or way behind in reading often can’t access books written for their age group. They may be given a book that is aimed at much younger children. They may even be given books that they read when they were six or seven. None of this will help them learn to read or feel better about reading. My flash fiction for struggling readers can help with this.
Have you heard of flash fiction? Flash fiction stories are short, usually between 500 and 1.500 words and they deliver a rapid punch that hooks reluctant readers in. The reader is thrown into the action in the first sentence of the story, even at the first word. The stories move forward at a rapid pace and the punchy endings often leave questions that pique interest.
Sentences in flash fiction are short. That makes them perfect for struggling readers. As they aren’t overwhelmed by sentence length and difficult vocabulary they can enjoy and understand the story. Flash fiction does not waste words. Students who struggle to concentrate or who find reading difficulty can enjoy this form of fiction in a way that they would not otherwise. All of this makes flash fiction perfect for reluctant and struggling readers. And if they don’t like one story, then you can just try another.
Flash fiction for struggling readers to improve reading fluency and understanding. When the stories are combined with easy questions they also start to improve their comprehension and inference skills.
I have written these Spooky Winter flash fiction stories for just this type of student. They come with a comprehensive set of worksheets and activities to build, improve and secure comprehension skills, inference and vocabulary building. You can see the whole product here.