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Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell
Posted by SS on 4/09/08

The best thing to do is find someone who knows how to teaching reading. After all,
if you were having servere heart problems, would you want to see a top notch
cardiologist, or a well meaning candy striper? Good intentions are not enough.
What is the child's oral language like? How's his receptive/expressive language
and what assessments have you used to measure it? Guessing at a child's language
ability is like a doctor guessing your blood pressure.
How would you define what reading is? Reading is more than just sounding out
words. When you talk about getting the meaning 1/2 time, how is this evident?

On 4/03/08, k kyes wrote:
> Help!
> I am a retired engineer and over the years I have taught a form of
> remedial mathematics to student audiences of varied backgrounds, including
> adults long away from formal math who are going back to the university, and to
> the occasional young student who has somehow lost it in his regular classes and
> wants help. Recently, a 9 year old student was brought to me by his parent "at
> his request", no less, because of failing grades in math. Much to my horrible
> amazement, I found that this kid was "extremely" proficient in math, but he
> simply could not read. His reading attempts were about what I might expect
> from a preschooler. Now, this kid is 9 years old and has been regularly
> graduated from one grade to the next in his elementary school classes. When I
> say that he from a Hispanic family where no adult speaks English, and no adult
> reads or writes any language, you will not be surprised.
> In a brief attempt to classify just about where he would be in terms of
> skill and capability, I would say that in reading simple text, he can (slowly)
> pronounce about 1/3 of common newspaper text and understands the meaning of
> about 1/2 of those, though he is a regular chatterbox in good English.
> I am way over my head here as a tutor. I have never attempted anything
> such as this and I either need to throw in the towel and give up (you probably
> know that this is hard), to find somewhere he can go for professional help, or
> to dig in and just do the job. I am told, but don't know how to verify, that
> such professional help is unavailable at a cost that the family could support.
> I need some advice as to what would be in the best interests of this child,
> and if this advice is to dig in and do it, to find a source of reasonable lesson
> plans including something for proper evaluation. I was hoping that that there
> would be something of this sort available on the web. I looked at the books
> this youth was given for study in his homework and they were of the "see spot
> run" variety and clearly beyond him. He is not stupid, as his mathematical
> skills indicate that he is reasonably bright for his age, and is somewhat
> embarrassed by his lack of literacy skills.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Kerry Kyes - polly218@cox.net
>

Posts on this thread, including this one

Reading Recovery vs. Masters vs. new programs?, 3/11/08, by Mindy.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. Masters vs. new programs?, 3/14/08, by beth.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. Masters vs. new programs?, 3/16/08, by suzy.
Re: Reading Recovery/ To Suzy, 3/17/08, by marann.
Re: Reading Recovery/ To Suzy, 3/17/08, by suzy.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell, 3/25/08, by Mindy.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell, 3/29/08, by SS.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell, 3/30/08, by Vickie.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell, 3/31/08, by Mindy.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell, 3/31/08, by suzy.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell, 3/31/08, by suzy.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell, 4/02/08, by New Teacher.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell, 4/02/08, by suzy.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell, 4/03/08, by k kyes.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell, 4/04/08, by George.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell, 4/09/08, by SS.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell, 4/24/08, by I vote for RR!!!!!!!!.
Re: Reading Recovery vs. LindaMood-Bell, 4/25/08, by suzy.

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