Reading: What To Do When They Get Stuck

Miscue analysis is a process where one analyzes the strategies the reader uses when the reader gets stuck. It is what most educators use to support a struggling reader or a reader at risk. The best teachers of reading will use miscue analysis to determine the areas of weakness in a reader and then teach strategies for that area of weakness. For instance, as students read:

• Do they skip words when the words are unfamiliar?
• Do they look to the pictures for cues?
• Do they try to sound out the word?
• Do they use context to guide them?

Using miscue analysis helps guide instruction to where the reader needs it. Find out how you can be a better teacher of reading by understanding miscue analysis.

See also the Cloze Worksheets (fill in the blanks).