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Child struggling - worst I've seen

by AmyK

Sep 23, 2012

Hi everyone! Help! I have a student who scores in an average range with reading comprehension and avg.-low with fluency. But with open ended questions and her writting, its frightening!! I'm a bit panicked. I've spoke with her parents, former teacher and our support teachers. May I please tap your experience for advice? thanks!

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Vet Teacher On 9/23/12, AmyK wrote: > Hi everyone! Help! I have a student who scores in an > average range with reading comprehension and avg.-low with > fluency. But with open ended questions and her writting, > its frightening!! I'm a bit panicked. I've spoke with her > parents, former teacher and our support teachers. May I > please tap yo...See MoreOn 9/23/12, AmyK wrote: > Hi everyone! Help! I have a student who scores in an > average range with reading comprehension and avg.-low with > fluency. But with open ended questions and her writting, > its frightening!! I'm a bit panicked. I've spoke with her > parents, former teacher and our support teachers. May I > please tap your experience for advice? thanks!

To write about what we've read, we first need to understand what we've read. It's not realistic to expect a child with 'average' reading comprehension to also be 'average' when it comes to open-ended questions on the reading. And then to put answers to open-ended question in writing is another level of challenge altogether.

This child needs an overall approach and as her fluency is average-low should be addressed. You can't comprehend well if your reading fluency is low - this child is not reading well and reading is fundamental. This child needs to be reading every day for 20 minutes two grade levels below her instructional level. She can't build fluency at instructional level reading - drop her down - and try hard to enlist her parents to have them make sure she reads 20 minutes every night in a book that's easy for her.

Then you have to either modify the curriculum for her or offer her accomodations but modification is much easier to accomplish. Don't give her open-ended questions yet. Give her very focused questions that have one or two word answers and her reading passages should be very short! She has to experience success to build confidence. She needs to start with baby steps in reading.

There's no quick cure for this but she can get better over time - she needs time and some extra support. And ideally her parents should be reading aloud to her every night as well - another 20 minutes - to give her extra exposure to language and literature.

Can she type? Some kids like this are helped by using a keyboard. Dragon Naturally Speaking has a free app - I have it on my Iphone - and it works pretty well. She could dictate to that and it will write for her - that can be another confidence builder for her. Good luck.

Sep 26, 2012

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AmyK Thank you so much! Scheduling a parent conference this week...I feel optimistic that her parents will help out at home! AmyK.

On 9/26/12, Vet Teacher wrote: > On 9/23/12, AmyK wrote: >> Hi everyone! Help! I have a student who scores in an >> average range with reading comprehension and avg.-low with >> fluency. But wit...See MoreThank you so much! Scheduling a parent conference this week...I feel optimistic that her parents will help out at home! AmyK.

On 9/26/12, Vet Teacher wrote: > On 9/23/12, AmyK wrote: >> Hi everyone! Help! I have a student who scores in an >> average range with reading comprehension and avg.-low with >> fluency. But with open ended questions and her writting, >> its frightening!! I'm a bit panicked. I've spoke with her >> parents, former teacher and our support teachers. May I >> please tap your experience for advice? thanks! > > > To write about what we've read, we first need to understand > what we've read. It's not realistic to expect a child > with 'average' reading comprehension to also be 'average' when > it comes to open-ended questions on the reading. And then to > put answers to open-ended question in writing is another level > of challenge altogether. > > This child needs an overall approach and as her fluency is > average-low should be addressed. You can't comprehend well if > your reading fluency is low - this child is not reading well > and reading is fundamental. This child needs to be reading > every day for 20 minutes two grade levels below her > instructional level. She can't build fluency at instructional > level reading - drop her down - and try hard to enlist her > parents to have them make sure she reads 20 minutes every > night in a book that's easy for her. > > Then you have to either modify the curriculum for her or offer > her accomodations but modification is much easier to > accomplish. Don't give her open-ended questions yet. Give her > very focused questions that have one or two word answers and > her reading passages should be very short! She has to > experience success to build confidence. She needs to start > with baby steps in reading. > > There's no quick cure for this but she can get better over > time - she needs time and some extra support. And ideally her > parents should be reading aloud to her every night as well - > another 20 minutes - to give her extra exposure to language > and literature. > > Can she type? Some kids like this are helped by using a > keyboard. Dragon Naturally Speaking has a free app - I have it > on my Iphone - and it works pretty well. She could dictate to > that and it will write for her - that can be another > confidence builder for her. > Good luck.

Sep 30, 2012

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