Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Low readers I am wanting to start an after school program to help struggling readers. How do you suggest to approach the instructional aspect of this program? Meaning, what skills are essential for struggling readers? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Students need to have decoding skills and need to learn sight words, so they can read a page without having to decode every word. They also need to work on comprehension skills. I might start with a sight word list and see how each student is doing on that skill. Then I would develop games and small group activities that will work on specific skills.