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Remedial Reading Chatboard

How to keep lower level reading students interested

by C. Darrimon

Aug 4, 2009

I have a mild/moderate 4th and 5th grade SDC class. The problem I have is that most of my 4th and 5th grade students read at a 1st and 2nd grade reading level, but they get bored with the reading material availabe at that level. It's hard to keep these 4th and 5th graders interested when they are reading what they consider "baby books". High intere...See More

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Linda On 8/04/09, C. Darrimon wrote: > I have a mild/moderate 4th and 5th grade SDC class. The > problem I have is that most of my 4th and 5th grade > students read at a 1st and 2nd grade reading level, but > they get bored with the reading material availabe at that > level. It's hard to keep these 4th and 5th graders > interested when ...See More

Aug 4, 2009

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Teri I agree with the previous poster. Read aloud to your students. If you choose the right books, not only can the students work on comprehension strategies, they can develop a love for books!

On 8/04/09, Linda wrote: > On 8/04/09, C. Darrimon wrote: >> I have a mild/moderate 4th and 5th grade SDC class. The >> problem I have is...See More

Aug 5, 2009

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graphic novels/comic books

by LA 6

Aug 12, 2009

Has anyone used comic books or graphic novels to teach reading to below level readers? Any info or advice would be appreciated. I'm a middle school teacher.

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Jenny On 8/12/09, LA 6 wrote: > Has anyone used comic books or graphic novels to teach > reading to below level readers? Any info or advice would be > appreciated. I'm a middle school teacher.

I've never used them to teach but the Bone series by Jeff Smith has hooked many a struggling reader in my 7th and 8th grade classess.

Aug 13, 2009

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What do Teachers Want in a Remedial Reading Program?

by Mark Pennington

Aug 15, 2009

As we get started back to school, I began dreaming up a sort of remedial reading teacher's manifesto. Will you comment or add to, if you have time? Given that remedial reading (reading intervention) teachers of upper elementary, middle school, high school, and adult students all share the same instructional goal: help their students become fluent r...See MoreAs we get started back to school, I began dreaming up a sort of remedial reading teacher's manifesto. Will you comment or add to, if you have time? Given that remedial reading (reading intervention) teachers of upper elementary, middle school, high school, and adult students all share the same instructional goal: help their students become fluent readers who understand what they read.

1. Teachers want to achieve this goal in the shortest amount of instructional time. 2. Teachers want diagnostic assessments that will pinpoint individual reading strengths and deficiencies. But, they don’t want assessments that will eat up excessive amounts of instructional time or cause mounds of paperwork. 3. Teachers don’t want to waste time by starting each learner from “scratch” with hours of repetitive practice. 4. They want the targeted resources to be able to teach students what the results of the diagnostic assessments indicate to be their clear weaknesses in the shortest amount of time possible. 5. To mix metaphors, teachers want program resources that will enable them to establish a clear game plan, but also ones which will allow them to deviate from that plan, according to the needs of their students. 6. Teachers want resources that won’t assume that they are reading specialists. However, they don’t want resources that treat them like script-reading robots. Teachers are fast learners. 7. Teachers want resources that they can grab and use, not resources that require lots of advance preparation. Teachers want to do a great job with their students and still maintain their sanity. 8. Teachers want reasonable class sizes that are conducive to effective remedial instruction. 9. Teachers understand that remedial readers frequently have behavioral problems; however, their behaviors can’t interfere with other students’ rights to learn. Administrators have to buy-in to this condition. 10. Teachers want to be able to integrate writing, grammar, and spelling instruction and include real reading in their remedial reading programs, not solely skill development.

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Reader Also check out the Stieglitz Informal Reading Inventory. It is a very good tool to use to determine a student's reading levels, and goes quite deep into determining which reading cueing system the student uses )or doesn't use). I got my copy off of Amazon...it's been a godsend for me.

On 9/12/09, Mark Pennington wrote: > You're welcome....See More

Sep 13, 2009

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Sara If I were an administrator reading this, I'd ask you- ok, great - exactly what diagnostic assessments do you want me to purchase for you?

(Who said you had to start from scratch? There is NO single reading program that works for all students but it sounds as if you've been made to use one single program with much repetitive practice. Wilso...See More

Sep 17, 2009

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question for RAZ-kids users

by Christine

Aug 22, 2009

I have a question for anyone who uses RAZ-kids. I have found that some of my students don't use it as well as they should. When I look at their reports it seems like they really jump around from story to story and might take a quiz 5 times and still only score 4/10 every time. I know they are at the correct level, I just don't think they are puttin...See More

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Sped teacher I'm using Raz-Kids for the first time. I am afraid of the same thing hapening that you have described. Can you just select a few books in each level for the students? I have it set right now to have them move through the levels. I plan to have them all in the log at once and also be able to access them from home. We start this tomorrow so we shall ...See More

Aug 27, 2009

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Wilson Reading Certification

by gracie

Sep 2, 2009

How long does it take to get certified in Wilson?

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Christine On 9/02/09, gracie wrote: > How long does it take to get certified in Wilson?

It can vary, but I would say most of a school year. I am just beginning the Wilon certification course and you have to do at least 60 hours of tutoring with a student. I am going to tutor 2 times a week for an hour each so it will take 30 weeks, not counting C...See More

Sep 3, 2009

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gracie Thank you for your response!

Sep 3, 2009

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English 9 Readers

by LRR

Sep 4, 2009

This is my first year teaching English 9 and I have a lot of students in my class that are taking it for the 2nd or 3rd time, and I am slowly realizing that it is partially due to them being poor readers. When they are assigned to read silently, they usually don't do it. I don't know how to help these students and would love any ideas or strategies...See More

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Tammie Find some remedial books that have subjects matter of interests to the age of your students but they have lower vocabulary difficulty. This helps to build confidence. Also incorporate some remedial vocabulary skills in the whole class environment. Have students draw cartoons or write sentences using the "word of the day" type vocabulary activities....See More

Sep 5, 2009

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CT I am currently reading "I read it but I don't get it" by Cris Tovani and it is EXCELLENT! Not a huge book and great strategies.

Sep 10, 2009

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Anyone use visual charts for comprehension

by rdgtchr

Sep 6, 2009

This is my first year teaching remdial reading for 9th grade. I would like to intoduce some visual learning for their reading comprehension understanding, but I'm not sure how to approach it. Has anyone had any experience with this type of teaching. Thank you in advance for you help.

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TIER 3 Reading Intervention

by Valecia

Sep 10, 2009

It doesn't sound as though many of you are fans of RtI, but we are implementing it here in Colorado, and feel useless without a strong curriculum for our SPED kids. Does anyone have any ideas on a curriculum that teaches all 5 components of reading for SPED kids? We have used Wilson in the past and have not found it to be very effective. Please hel...See More

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Elizabeth Chapin-Pinotti We use do RtI in California as well. We use SRA Corrective Reading and Reading Mastery. For small groups of young students we use SRA Reading Tutor.

SIPPs is great but doesn't address comprehension...Read Naturally is another great one.

Check out [link removed].

Thanks.

On 9/10/09, Valecia wrote: > It doesn't ...See More

Sep 12, 2009

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Christina I've had great success with Barton from Bright solutions. It is based on Orton-Gillingham(sp)?

9/12/09, Elizabeth Chapin-Pinotti wrote: > We use do RtI in California as well. We use SRA Corrective > Reading and Reading Mastery. For small groups of young > students we use SRA Reading Tutor. > > SIPPs is great but doesn't ad...See More

Sep 16, 2009

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Phonemic Awareness Dictation Sentences

by Jeanne

Sep 11, 2009

Does anyone know where I can find the Marie Clay Phonemic Awareness Dictation sentences? Thanks, Jeanne

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arachgold What is the purpose of the dictation sentences. Is it to count out how many words are in a sentence?

On 9/11/09, Jeanne wrote: > Does anyone know where I can find the Marie Clay Phonemic > Awareness Dictation sentences? > Thanks, Jeanne

Oct 3, 2009

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Kate On 10/03/09, Gloria wrote: > On 9/11/09, Jeanne wrote: >> Does anyone know where I can find the Marie Clay Phonemic >> Awareness Dictation sentences? >> Thanks, Jeanne

I teach in Australia and I haven't seen anything by that name. We have a list of 5 sentences for a test called Hearing and Recording Sounds in Words. Th...See More

Oct 29, 2009

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DRA reading level at start of 1st grade

by Amy

Sep 15, 2009

My daughter just started 1st grade and brought home a book to read from school that was a level 16. She read it with very minimal problems. What is expected at this point in 1st grade?

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Bump I don't usually let them move on from level 11- 12+, until I ensure that they have good comprehension of what they have read, and can read it fluently with good phrasing and expression. I had a group of readers that came into grade one last year, level 24-25, that were the most fluent, lovely readers I have ever heard, but they didn't understand a ...See More

Oct 22, 2010

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Starshyne at my school, the average 1st grader comes into 1st grade reading a DRA of a 4. By the end of 1st grade he/she should be at a 14 (although 16 is really what is best). To start 2nd grade, we look at a student reading at a 16 at the beginning of the year and a 24- 28 at the end of 2nd grade.

If I had a first grader reading a 16, I would be t...See More

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