What grade is this student in? > From: share2lear...@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 06:51:14 -0700 > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Dyslexia > > I would be interested in knowing what she does when faced with > completely unfamiliar text. > > So she comprehends well and infers the meanings of words even if she > mispronounces them. To me, that is no problem. It seems as though this > student is not a proficient oral reader. So? > > If a student comprehends well at grade level but is considered not to > be "moving forward" because of oral fluency and/or decoding issues that > do not appear to hinder her comprehension ability, it seems the problem > is with the assessors and the assessments, not the assessee. > > Reading is about making meaning. Decoding is one path to making > meaning, but it is not the only path. Obviously this student is using > other reading strategies to make meaning from text. > > That she is unable to score well on a running record is something to > note, and decoding may be something to work on, but if those running > record scores are keeping her from "moving forward" ..... well.... > what does that mean, exactly? How does a running record score keep a > student from moving forward? > > It should be comprehension ability that drives reading selection, not > running record or any other decoding scores. > > What would Mosaic of Thought teach us? > Renee > > > On May 12, 2013, at 6:15 AM, Troy F wrote: > > > This student struggles with decoding. She comprehends well. She can > > infer and thinks through the stories well. When giving running records > > it is her decoding that keeps her from moving forward. She often > > struggles with the more common HF words. Her oral comprehension is > > well above grade level. Which means when read to. She has a strong > > vocabulary and can infer word meanings even when mispronouncing them, > > which hinders her from really learning the word. She struggles with > > breaking words apart and putting them back together and will read > > words back words. She has to slow down so much to work through her > > processing problems. It took her 20 minutes to read a 230 word text > > orally, but she did pass the comprehensive conversation. She is in the > > process of being identified right now for special services. > > Most of the time it is just the family pediatrician that diagnoses it. > > > > Troy Fredde > > > > On May 7, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Renee Goularte <share2lear...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> I am very confused. If her comprehension is well above grade level, > >> then how can she be struggling with her reading? If you are talking > >> about decoding, well..... decoding is just one element of the reading > >> process, and apparently one that is not hindering her. > >> > >> Seems to me like there is no problem here. > >> Renee > >> > >>> > >>> From: jayhawkrtroy fredde <jayhawkrt...@gmail.com> > >>> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > >>> <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > >>> Sent: Wed, May 1, 2013 11:31 am > >>> Subject: [MOSAIC] Dyslexia > >>> > >>> > >>> I need some ideas to help a student who is struggling with dyslexia. > >>> She > >>> has been diagnosed by a doctor and struggles with her reading. Her > >>> comprehension is well above grade level. Any ideas will be welcomed. > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> Troy Fredde > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread > with one, and a lily with the other. > ~ Chinese Proverb > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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