I believe sometimes when we hold text back from a child due to lack of phonics knowledge we sometimes only add to the problem. Perhaps he is not going to be a child who can learn by phonics. Perhaps it is time spent with high interest and building whole word reading from his auditory memory. I once had a child who spent 43 days in KPALS and still couldn't master isolated sounds....Go, Dog, Go! (everyday, sometimes several times a day) gave him the sight word bank he needed to conquer other text. This year (a 6th grader) scored 9.2 in Reading on Iowa Tests...Sometimes, we need to make them feel like readers even though they aren't, then when they feel like a reader, they will become one....have a great literacy day, and GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!
Together in education, Teri Adams Cody's Reading Specialist adamst...@pleasval.k12.ia.us 563-332-0210 -----Original Message----- From: Mosaic [mailto:mosaic-bounces+adamsteri=pleasval.k12.ia...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lunsford Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:56 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Introduce myself - 1st Grade Decodables Hi my name is Kathy and I am a special education teacher. I teach a K-2 Special Day Class for students with autism. I have one 2nd grade child who is reading at a beginning first grade level. He has great difficulty blending - it took him almost two years to master his letter sounds and read simple CVC words and he can read about 35 of the 100 first grade sight words. I use the 1st grade Open Court Language Arts curriculum and am finding that he is unable to keep up with the decodables. They are just to difficult for him. I would like some suggestions on a supplemental decoding series that might be good for him. He has good comprehension skills so to go back to the Kindergarten Decodables would be to boring for him. Thanks! _______________________________________________ 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
