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Re: students guessing, not looking
Posted by Cathy on 9/27/08
Do your students know the sounds that the letters represent?
Have you tried phonemic awareness activities with blending
sounds?
Have you tried working with Elkonin boxes if they know their
sounds?
On 9/26/08, t wrote:
> I work with small groups of ELL students entering first
> grade. All were at this school since the beginning of
> kindergarten. They are still struggling with sounds and
> CVC words, as well as the kindergarten sight word list.
>
> These students will see a word like "man" and say anything
> that comes into their heads. After we have clarified it
> is "man" and done some word family work, they will
> see "fan" and say "fet" or "fin" or any other thing they
> can come up with. I go back to show "an" and say, "Did
> anything change?" They say "no". I tell them to look at
> ALL the letters, they try again and still say the wrong
> sounds. Most will not use their fingers to track, or if
> they do, they are seldom on the right word, so I know they
> are just calling out words.
>
> Help! Any suggestions?
Posts on this thread, including this one
- students guessing, not looking, 9/26/08, by t.
- Re: students guessing, not looking, 9/26/08, by Rod Everson.
- Re: students guessing, not looking, 9/27/08, by Cathy.
- Re: students guessing, not looking, 9/30/08, by Adrienne.
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