Bridging the Gap:
Supporting Students in the Messy Middle
A practical walk-through of how to support students whose needs fall between classroom expectations and intensive intervention, without over-supporting or pulling support too soon.
Students in the messy middle often:
→ Have skills, but lack consistent application
→ Perform well in isolation, not in connected text
→ Fall between classroom expectations and intensive intervention
Sign up to join the free live training
February 19th @ 8:00 PM EST
We'll send the replay if you can't attend live!
In this training, you'll learn how to:
→ Recognize students in the “messy middle” and why traditional support models often overlook them
→ Rethink literacy support when students have skills, but struggle to apply and generalize them
→ Build structured, flexible literacy lessons using one meaningful passage that connects intervention and classroom reading
→ Help students move from skill practice to “reading for learning” with greater confidence
Who this training is for
This training is designed for educators who:
→ Work with students in small group, 1:1, or intervention settings
→ See students who struggle to apply skills consistently
→ Are looking for practical, ready-to-implement strategies
What to expect
After this training, you will:
→ Finally, have clarity around how to support students who are stuck in the messy middle
→ Plus, we'll share one of our favorite done for you lessons with differentiated levels that can be used for students K-6+ so you can see exactly how we structure this with our students
