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Reading remediation

by Patrice

Mar 6, 2009

I have a group of 25 third graders to "tutor" two hours a week in reading comprehension. I have materials to use, but with such a large group and short time period (1 hour, two mornings a week before school), I'm looking for ideas on how to make this most effective and NOT BORING! We'll need to do skills such as main idea, cause & effect, etc.

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Patrice Wow! Thanks, Sara. You really took a lot of time to respond, and I appreciate it! Our end-of-grade tests in North Carolina are very difficult, and they do include so many higher-level thinking questions, including cause & effect and drawing conclusions. Many of the kids are just not ready developmentally, in my opinion. Anyway, I really like th...See More

Mar 6, 2009

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3rd Grade Teacher On 3/06/09, Patrice wrote: > Wow! Thanks, Sara. You really took a lot of time to respond, > and I appreciate it! Our end-of-grade tests in North Carolina > are very difficult, and they do include so many higher-level > thinking questions, including cause & effect and drawing > conclusions. Many of the kids are just not ready >...See More

Mar 6, 2009

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PedagoNet Have you examined these books

Mar 6, 2009

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Sara On 3/06/09, Patrice wrote: > I have a group of 25 third graders to "tutor" two hours a > week in reading comprehension. I have materials to use, > but with such a large group and short time period (1 hour, > two mornings a week before school), I'm looking for ideas > on how to make this most effective and NOT BORING! We'll > need ...See MoreOn 3/06/09, Patrice wrote: > I have a group of 25 third graders to "tutor" two hours a > week in reading comprehension. I have materials to use, > but with such a large group and short time period (1 hour, > two mornings a week before school), I'm looking for ideas > on how to make this most effective and NOT BORING! We'll > need to do skills such as main idea, cause & effect, etc.

Put two chairs in the front of the room for the bench. One child is sitting on the 'bench' and the other comes up and sit down as if sitting on a park bench.

From there on there are different ways to play the game. It's Always the person sitting on the bench first who tries to make the other person a. laugh or - some other emotion. Never mad or angry ever. The kids actually like 'creep me out Park Bench....' The Major Rule is - you have to be honest cause if they're not, there's no fun to the game. With laugh park bench, the first person can tell a quick joke or a long story or whatever they think might make the other person amused - if the other person is amused, they must show it. Regardless, that person then moves over and becomes the speaker. Each child who wants it gets a turn. Of course, they can't make fun of anybody - I give gentle reminders and have never had a problem. One child might turn and say " Do you remember the day Mrs. Smith threw the eraser at the spider?" (that's me) Say that and every kid in my room will smile. It's not about winning and losing - it's an oral language exercise and the whole class likes to watch and plan for their turn. I usually give a few minutes before we start to play so they can plan out. Sometimes I have to say ' no spider story today' because they all want to use it. Or do you remember the day in kindergarten when the kid who was visiting threw up on the gym teacher? It gets a laugh -

'Creep me out' .... park bench - when I was their age we called it 'give someone the willies' but that seems to have taken on some different meaning so now it's 'creep me out'. I startle easily and even though I've played this game with them a million times they know if I sit down and they wait a bit and then turn and say boo! - they got me. I jump every time. But that's an extreme example. 'Last night I saw a big spider on the ceiling and it was looking right down on me and then" - right there if the other person is being honest, that got a little too creepy - he got a case of the willies - and you're supposed to make your eyes go all round as in 'fake scared' when you got your first willy.

They want to play 'gross me out' park bench but no way - creep me out is as far I let them go and if someone doesn't want to take a turn, they don't have to. It's amazing the quiet kids who never say a word or raise their hand are almost jumping in the air to have a turn at park bench.

And for writing exercise, I've made them write down what they plan to say - it's the only time no one gives me a rough time about writing.

Some days we just do joke telling as in 'who's got a joke' and I keep kid joke books around the room - 'getting' a joke is a very good exercise for comprehension. Jokes are often rather figurative and play on words.

Mar 8, 2009

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Nora in Texas/3rd We use Tumblebooks on line and they are e-books that are read to the children and the words read to the children are highlighted. You can manipulate the pages manually or automatically. I check for the AR level provided so that it may be on level or close to 3rd grade level. Music, sound effects etc. maintain their interest. Then my children answer...See More

Mar 10, 2009

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