I partially blame that on the emphasis that most schools put on
reading fluency rate (speed reading) as one means of testing reading.
on our school quarterly assessment fluency rateis given the same
weight as comprehension.
Pat
On Jul 22, 2011, at 4:27 PM, wr...@centurytel.net wrote:
Now I want to clarify. I don't mean students cannot decode. Or at
least I don't think that's what I mean. I have students every year
who can say every word on the page out loud. They can even explain
what each word individually means.
If I ask for an explanation of what the entire page means, they
cannot tell me. The problem I see most often is middle schoolers
who seem not to know that reading is supposed to mean something.
Quoting Laura <lcan...@satx.rr.com>:
Well said--I don't think anyone has found the key for those
individuals who
just can't seem to decode the words. I had a brilliant third
grader this
year who read on a barely beginning first grade level--he had all the
comprehension skills if someone else could do the decoding for him.
Laura
----- Original Message -----
From: <kea...@aol.com>
To: <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] "a;Better"a; reading
instruction...sigh...
> When a middle schooled or high school student is reading on an
elementary
> level, It's easy to assume that somebody below didn't do it
"right" . > But as an elementary teacher, I just need to say that
we bust our butts
> on those students who are below grade level. We meet with them
daily in
> small group and and are always hovering by their desks to help
them with
> added support. We provide them with as much intensive support as
> available from reading teachers,we work with parents, set up
before and
> after school buddy pals, and nightly send home books at their
level for
> them to practice and now with RITA. probably spend triple the
amount of
> time planning lessons and assessing these students as we do our
grade
> level or advanced student. >
> We take so much abuse from the "political public" about how all
we need is
> good teaching and all will be right with the students. > I have
to caution you not to buy into this. Students who struggle learning
> to read have many and varied causes, and we have yet to find the
cause or
> "cure" for all of them. Please, don't play the bashing game and
blame the
> other guy. Chances are, your own success with these kiddos will
be as
> limited. >
> Kathy
>
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