A Day in the Life of a Reading Teacher Back to Top

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Reading is an essential prerequisite for virtually every subject taught in schools. Reading classes help children develop their reading and analytical skills in elementary, middle, and high schools. Reading classes instruct students in reading, analysis, vocabulary, comprehension, and spelling. Reading courses help students build their reading skills through practice, testing, and teacher instruction. The level of reading skill increases with each grade level. Reading teachers must be familiar with the topics they are teaching, outgoing, and approachable for students.

Elementary and Middle School

In elementary schools, students usually have a reading class every year. Early on, students are taught basic words, how to spell them, and how to pronounce them. As the students get older, words get more difficult and they are expected to read much faster and more efficiently. Typically, a reading class in elementary school will consist of reading short stories aloud in the classroom (both teachers and students) and then a simple analysis of the story. In addition, students are expected to foster independent reading skills, often in the form of summer reading books or silent sustained periods of reading in the classroom. In middle school, students are expected to be able to read and understand most vocabulary. The short stories turn into longer books and students are taught in-depth comprehension and analysis of their readings. Each year, the level of comprehension and reading gets more difficult to build a strong foundation for high school.

High School

In High School, students have already learned how to read and write at a basic level. High school reading courses focus much more on analysis and comprehension of literature. Teachers usually assign readings for homework and spend a majority of the class discussing and analyzing the reading. Typically, a high school reading class is combined with a writing class and is known either as “English” or “English Literature.” High school students must read and write an analysis of the literature assigned.

To become a reading teacher, one must hold a bachelor’s degree, usually in Education, and must obtain certification in the state they desire to teach. High School English Literature teachers jobs are expected to grow just over 5% in the next five years. The average salary of a Reading teacher makes just over $45,000 in the United States.

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