Struggling readers

The chapter I read (ch 11 from D&Z) went in depth into key strategies for helping struggling readers.  I think it's important because it points out things that I need to keep in mind with my students.  Foremost, I need to keep in mind that by the time a student reaches high school, many have experienced failure after failure at reading Mathematics texts.  It makes it doubly important that if I implement these key strategies, I do it full tilt.  Our classes this semester has beat modeling into the ground, and I already see the importance of building supportive relationships and promoting self monitoring.  I feel these lead to a student learning to teach themselves.  A challenge I've set myself is creating materials students can successfully read.  My mentor teachers still rely heavily on the text and on previous materials they've built, borrowed or stole.  I don't have those resources yet, so many times I'm creating my own materials.The idea of providing books and articles on tape sounds like an amazing idea.  It would be nice if my students could have the option of having theorems read to them so they could complete guided notes.  I have some students with IEP's and I suspect that many of their problems stem for being unable to read mathematical texts well.