One thing I have been really proud about since school started is how I have kept up on homework. I realize it's only been 7 days, but still, you have to take your little victories where you can.
Last year, Princess was in Title 1 reading for part of the year. I had a hard time with this - I mean, I'm an English teacher and I have a daughter with a reading problem? She really benefitted from the program and is a pretty strong reader now.
When she can concentrate. :)
Last week, we began our reading with a Teacher From the Black Lagoon series. If you have never seen one of these books, they have great illustrations...unless you have ADD.
As we read, I literally had to redirect her on about every other word. I didn't want to give up the book (I am trying to teach her to finish what she starts), but damn. She would read a word or two, then ramble on and on and on about the pictures.
Another thing I noticed was that she had a tendency to start mumbling when she started to lost interest. Then, she would either only say 1/2 the word or would just guess the word without reading any of the letters.
Needless to say, as a teacher, this was more than a little frustrating.
Because of this, I have been pointing out every word to make sure she reads it correctly and stopping her as many times as it takes. I also try to give her time to look at and comment on the pictures (OK, after this sentence, you can tell me about that).
It's a loooooooong process, but it's what I have to do.
I'm wondering, what reading struggles have you faced? How are you combating them? Leave it in the comments! :)
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I'm not familiar with the book, but assuming it is a reasonably short picture book, how about typing out each page individually, on off-white, blue or green paper, large font, lots of blank space. Have her read the typewritten page, then when she is done, show her the picture from the book.
This will also give you insight into how much she can read without contextual hints from the picture, and give you a springboard for discussion about how she imagines the pictures just from reading the text, what you learn from the picture that the text didn't tell you, etc.
Pam (mom to kiddo with ADHD, dyslexia, and more)
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