Why Start the Year with Reading Instruction?

Why Start the Year with Reading Instruction?

Many middle- and high-school students still struggle to comprehend what they’re reading. When words on the page aren’t successfully translated into meaningful images and ideas, it’s difficult—or even impossible—to take on higher-level topics like tone, author’s purpose, text structure, and argument. 

Zinc’s Ignition bridges these gaps by teaching the four essential close reading skills all advanced readers use naturally. In just two weeks, Ignition raises reading levels and gives everyone in your classroom an edge so you can confidently dive into the curriculum ahead.

Who Benefits from Ignition?

Auto-differentiated to accommodate abilities from 4th grade through college, Ignition is for ALL readers. In just one minute, you can cue up two weeks of individualized reading growth instruction for everyone in your class.

Need to keep your fast flyers engaged? Power Up activities unlock if students finish the required passages early, keeping every student engaged while providing opportunities to work at their own pace.

How can all teachers share Ignition strategies with their students?

Zinc’s Free Teacher Resources lay the foundation for improving reading skills.  Use these mini-lessons with your students and follow them up by layering Zinc’s Ignition reading strategies over the next text you read with your students!

What do you think?

Try out Zinc Ignition here.  How might you use Zinc-ing and Tracking, the key strategies in Ignition, to support your students in comprehending more complex texts? Let us know at partnerships@zinclearninglabs.com.