I have a group of students who struggle with their reading. They came into first grade not prepared to start reading and yet has made progress but veyy slow. I have one students who struggles with reading, but spells every word correctly with corrrect spelling pattern. I'm not sure what to think of her. Also, our school uses the STAR Reading program to level students reading and many of my students scored at a beginning kindergarten level, though these same students are reading books past a mid first grade year. I often ask myself what I'm doing wrong and how I can have these students increase their reading. Any suggestions?
I thought a...See MoreYou say some of the students within this group can read mid year books. Can they peer read with the more struggling students? Have them reread their stories for review? While they are reading, make lists of words they miss during reading and make flashcards for each child. Have them go over their "trouble words from each story.
I thought also of making this slower goup into another group and pushing the better students into a group of their own to go faster. Do more phonics with both groups.
On 3/30/09, Please respond wrote: > I have a group of students who struggle with their > reading. They came into first grade not prepared to start > reading and yet has made progress but veyy slow. I have > one students who struggles with reading, but spells every > word correctly with corrrect spelling pattern. I'm not > sure what to think of her. Also, our school uses the STAR > Reading program to level students reading and many of my > students scored at a beginning kindergarten level, though > these same students are reading books past a mid first > grade year. I often ask myself what I'm doing wrong and > how I can have these students increase their reading. Any > suggestions?
I thought a...See More