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Reading Strategy Notebook

by Dee

Apr 17, 2009

I teach low learners and am having a hard time with them understanding reading strategies. Is there any suggestions for mini-lessons and notes that would be SIMPLE for them to create a notebook as reference? Dee

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Reading Tchr in NY What ages and grades do you work with? What specific strategies are you working on or would you like ideas for? Any of the following books would be excellent resources for comprehension strategies, with ideas for mini-lessons, anchor charts, etc: Mosaic of Thought- Ellin Keene; I Read It, But I Don't Get It- Chris Tovani; Reading With Meaning- Debb...See More

May 2, 2009

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push in versus pull out

by Michelle

Apr 27, 2009

Does anyone have any pros and cons to the push in pull out models for reading services? Currently we pull out and I think we will be encouraged to push in next year. What are the obstacles and benefits you see to pushing in? Thanks, Michelle

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Grace/IL On 4/27/09, Michelle wrote: > Does anyone have any pros and cons to the push in pull out > models for reading services? Currently we pull out and I > think we will be encouraged to push in next year. What are > the obstacles and benefits you see to pushing in? > Thanks, > Michelle

Pull out models: Pros: Quiet area in whic...See More

Apr 27, 2009

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paulaj Grace/IL gave you a great list.

I'm a reading interventionist. I have 13 half-housr-long small groups daily. Some I push in; others are pull out. Here are some other thoughts.

Push in cons: Unless the classroom teacher has great control over what the students are doing who aren't in groups, it can be really noisy; even my high stu...See More

May 1, 2009

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SF My Sidewalks

by Sue

Apr 28, 2009

Our district is proposing the use of SF My Sidewalks as a Tier 2 Intervention. We'd had the presentation, but would like input from reading teachers who have used this program. As trained Reading Recovery teachers we dislike such a canned program that we have difficulty following the child. What are your observations? Is this something that allows ...See More

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dl Sue, I worked with this program for three years and have mixed feelings about it. It's strengths are that many parts of it support the instruction going on in the classroom. Some of the weaknesses: It is canned and doesn't allow for creativity or flexibility if you follow it strictly. The amazing words are not the same as those presented in the cla...See More

Apr 29, 2009

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Cathy On 4/29/09, dl wrote: > Sue, > I worked with this program for three years and have mixed > feelings about it. It's strengths are that many parts of it > support the instruction going on in the classroom. > Some of the weaknesses: It is canned and doesn't allow for > creativity or flexibility if you follow it strictly. The > ama...See More

Apr 29, 2009

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RtI

by Lisa Lowery

Apr 29, 2009

I am looking for interventions for 4-6 graders. Has anyone used the REWARDS method? If so, what success have you experienced?

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Jenn I have used Rewards in the past with some students. It is good for students who are fine reading 1-2 syllable regular words, but struggle with words with 3+ syllables. Students should have a basic understanding of short and long vowel sounds, including all double vowels. These are reviewed in the first 12 lessons or so, but they don't give tons of ...See More

Apr 29, 2009

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Reading Interventions

by Sheila

May 1, 2009

I am also in a Master's program looking at Reading interventions. I'd love the resource of this list!

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May 2, 2009

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Phonographix - Reading Reflex

by jenny/2/oh

May 6, 2009

Is anyone trained in this? Did you attend a training or do the online training? Have you seen great results? Is it worth the money?

Thanks, Jenny

P.S. I am cross-posting this on a few boards where I think it might be relevant. Thanks!!

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Jenn I'm sorry; I've not familiar with Spire. However, from the ABCD web site tehre is a link to join the Yahoo group - there are at least 2 people there I can think of who may have the answer - Michael Bend, the author of ABCD, and another woman who is also a special ed. teacher as well as a private tutor.

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May 9, 2009

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Rod Everson On 5/06/09, Jody wrote: > I've > used a bit of Rod Everson's decodable stories ....to supplement. > > :)Jody

Hi Jody, and Jenny,

I was trained in Phono-Graphix and tried it as designed with several students in a private reading practice. About the same time I started investigating The Spalding Method described in the ...See MoreOn 5/06/09, Jody wrote: > I've > used a bit of Rod Everson's decodable stories ....to supplement. > > :)Jody

Hi Jody, and Jenny,

I was trained in Phono-Graphix and tried it as designed with several students in a private reading practice. About the same time I started investigating The Spalding Method described in the book "The Writing Road to Reading" and found a lot of overlap between the two methods. Spalding seemed to address some weaknesses in Phono-Graphix and left less to chance, but it was too long and too sequential to use in the short time I had to work with my clients.

Eventually, I borrowed from both methods and combined them, and wrote a workbook that organized the result. That workbook has the decodable stories mentioned above. There are easy large print stories to be used immediately after a major vowel sound is covered and then longer more difficult stories to be used after the secondary lessons on that vowel sound have been completed. The stories were written so that a child following the curriculum should run into very few words that contain code not already covered.

I still feel that the basic code approach in Reading Reflex (Phono-Graphix) is superb and still use it exactly as I was trained when I run into a child who isn't blending simple words yet and doesn't know the sounds represented by the individual letters. But as soon as I get to advanced code work (the /ow/ sound, and digraphs such as "th", "sh" and "ch", I switch to my workbook for the rest of the phonics training. This takes them through 4-syllable decoding eventually.

To get a feel for the workbook, try going to the link at my website, OnTrack Reading, and download the free instruction manual for the workbook. It essentially describes exactly what I do as I go through the workbook page by page, as well as how to sequence the various phases of the program. When I used Phono-Graphix I used to get final code knowledge scores in the 70-80% range. I now routinely get 90% or better with a knowledge of a lot of the overlap options. For example, the average "graduating" 4th grader can tell me the three sounds he's learned for the letter "a" (/a/cat, /ae/table and /o/father) as well as the three sounds for the letter "i" (/i/hit, /ie/mind and /ee/ski). This didn't happen when I used Phono-Graphix as it was designed. It's a good method, better than most, but the combination of Spalding and Phono-Graphix is working much better for me.

If you use the link below, the instruction manual download is mentioned in the fourth paragraph from the end of the page. It's free.

Rod Everson

May 28, 2009

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sounds out letters, but cannot blend.

by Heather

May 7, 2009

I have a student that can sound out every letter in a word, but cannot blend it together. I am thinking it is a memory thing...he cannot hold more than one sound in his head at a time. Any suggestions? How about activities? He is in K.

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Sharon I have a first grade student who had the same problem. It took 8 months but it is better now! I taught her a way to blend the word AS she is sounding it out. I say, "Use your rollercoaster!" and I have a printed out picture of a rollercoaster that she has in front of her as a reminder. In other words, you emphasize the medial vowel and raise your v...See More

Jun 5, 2009

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Mary On 5/07/09, Heather wrote: > I have a student that can sound out every letter in a > word, but cannot blend it together. I am thinking it is a > memory thing...he cannot hold more than one sound in his > head at a time. Any suggestions? How about activities? He > is in K.

Dear Heather,

As a Reading Specialist for o...See More

Jun 8, 2009

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Advice or resources?

by New To Remedial Reading

May 15, 2009

I'll be teaching high school remedial reading next year in an inclusion class using SRA Corrective Reading. I believe the majority of my students will have IEPs. I don't know the specific needs of my individual students yet, but I'm seeking any advice you may have. I'm a little nervous since I've only taught grade level English in the past. I'Ve al...See More

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Mark Pennington You will be in for a challenge! I taught high school remedial reading for three years with a class composition similar to yours. Interesting that SRA Corrective Reading is the chosen curriculum in that it sounds as if you will have a variety of students with a variety of reading disabilities. For some, the SRA may be just what the doctor ordered; h...See More

May 17, 2009

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looking for Reading Specialist help

by English teacher becoming RS

May 18, 2009

Hi! I am currently a high school English teacher who just got hired as a reading specialist for an intermediate school. Does anyone have any suggestions of "must-have" books or materials that may be helpful? I am looking for a "bible," so to speak, for the reading specialist. I'd appreciate any help you could offer. Thanks!!

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Carolyn On 5/18/09, English teacher becoming RS wrote: > On 5/18/09, Susan wrote: >> On 5/18/09, English teacher becoming RS wrote: >>> Hi! I am currently a high school English teacher who just >>> got hired as a reading specialist for an intermediate >>> school. Does anyone have any suggestions of "must-have" >>&g...See More

Jun 14, 2009

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Teach101 On 6/14/09, Carolyn wrote: > On 5/18/09, English teacher becoming RS wrote: >> On 5/18/09, Susan wrote: >>> On 5/18/09, English teacher becoming RS wrote: >>>> Hi! I am currently a high school English teacher who just >>>> got hired as a reading specialist for an intermediate >>>> school. Does a...See More

Jun 14, 2009

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