Hi, I have used the corrective reading programs from SRA with my middle school students who are at the lowest levels. The DI approach really does work. At times it can be boring, the kids get frustrated with being corrected (they have to re-read sentences if they make mistakes when reading orally), but it DOES work.
One complaint I have is that some of the stories have obviously not been updated,so some of the words used are not familiar to the kids.It's good in that you have a script to follow, the training tells you how to perform the corrective procedures. The kids monitor their progress on an almost daily basis (they record in their workbooks how many words they have read correctly, how many errors they made etc on a chart that shows their growth). I like how the kids are introduced to the vocabulary and they are going to encounter in the story and practice the correct phonemic pronunciation until everyone is saying the words correctly. This program really does focus on how to decode similar sounding words (they get a lot of practice reading stories that will contain words like tramp/tamp star/stare etc). This program really forces them to focus on what it is they are reading, so that they can decode the words properly. After each story is read by the group, the students are timed individually in rereading the passage orally. Over time and with hard work, the kids see how their fluency is improving. In a class situation, some children finish the comprehension workbook questions 10-15 min before others, so each of my students has an independent Reading Counts book that they are expected to read while we wait. The questions asked in the workbooks are the same questions you will ask orally as the class reads each story together, so I like that reinforcement. It can be frustrating to have to wait for your lowest/slowest students to finish the WB so you need to plan for that. In my school we use corrective reading program along with a book called "Spelling Through Morphographs" in a two period block (Intensive Reading Language Arts-REACH). The Spelling Through Morphographs really helps the kids to break apart words into their components and helps them understand how words are put together, what the afixxes mean and this approach over time, helps them decode words when reading. I hope this answer helps. Susan Joyce Palm Harbor Middle School Palm Harbor, FL -----Original Message----- >From: Angela Almond <angela_alm...@scs.k12.nc.us> >Sent: Aug 14, 2009 11:11 AM >To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >Subject: [MOSAIC] Remediation Program > >I just got an e-mail from our principal. I will go to a presentation from >an SRA rep next month who will be presenting 2 possible remediation >programs for students in grades 3-8. It will be a system-wide remediation >program. The two programs are Reading Mastery and Corrective Reading. I >know nothing about either of them (except what I read on SRA's website). >I was hoping to hear pros and cons of people who have actually had >experience with them. I would also like to hear how they have been >implemented. Thanks in advance! > >Angela Hatley Almond, NBCT >Fourth Grade >East Albemarle Elementary School > > > > > > >All email correspondence to and from this address is subject to North >Carolina Public Records Law which may result in monitoring and disclosure >to third parties, including law enforcement. > > >_______________________________________________ >Mosaic mailing list >Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
