Reading comprehension help

[Anonymous]

My child scored poorly with reAding comprehension on the iready (2nd grade). We’ve known it was an issue before the test. My child didn’t score low enough to qualify for extra help in school. We read together nightly. Is there a workbook or app that someone can recommend to help get extra practice? Teacher just said to continue reading together (but we’ve been doing that for years and made little progress).

[Anonymous]

There’s a great book called the Reading Comprehension Blueprint if you really want to dig in.

Otherwise I recommend parents work at the sentence level helping kids rephrase single sentences into their own words.

[Anonymous]

You need to ask the reading teacher at your school for specific ideas. Every school has one. You can buy reading comprehension games at Lakeshore Learning. You want the reading teacher to help you understand what specific parts of reading comprehension your kid should be working on. Don’t put a whole lot of stock in iReady scores.

Your kid should be able to retell a short story, identifying setting, characters, beginning, middle, and end, and what the problem was in the story and how it was resolved. They should be able to make predictions and identify simple cause and effect, and what the author might be trying to tell the reader.

[Anonymous]

The iReady test is awful. Kids just click through without trying. The results are rubbish for many kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The iReady test is awful. Kids just click through without trying. The results are rubbish for many kids.

True. Is your child on grade level for fluency? That would definitely affect comprehension.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t base any decisions off of iReady.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t base any decisions off of iReady.

I would. It was the only indicator coming from FCPS that showed dyslexia. I would avoid the reading specialist and get private evaluation. FCPS will continue to lie as long as they can about reading issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t base any decisions off of iReady.

I would. It was the only indicator coming from FCPS that showed dyslexia. I would avoid the reading specialist and get private evaluation. FCPS will continue to lie as long as they can about reading issues.

Sadly, the majority of school systems do this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t base any decisions off of iReady.

I would. It was the only indicator coming from FCPS that showed dyslexia. I would avoid the reading specialist and get private evaluation. FCPS will continue to lie as long as they can about reading issues.

Sadly, the majority of school systems do this

That is why parents should discount the iReady or even the SOL- because the schools will lie about reading concerns and honestly don't actually know how to teach reading.

[Anonymous]

Hire a reading tutor. If you cannot afford a one-on-one tutor, look and see if there is a structured reading program that you can purchase.

Whatever you do, do not expect that FCPS will address this. FCPS’ bar for where children should be is very very low. I had one reading specialist mention that the actual goal is for every child to be reading by 12th grade.

If your child is at all borderline using their scale, I would throw the interventions into high gear.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

We know he has issues with comprehension - the iready just solidified what we already knew. I will look into the book mentioned. I was thinking about an app like reading eggs. We are already supplementing with a phonics book as well. I have zero education background so we are just doing the best we can at home.

[Anonymous]

Reading specialist here: You definitely can ask your school’s reading specialist. Also, they said “read with your child” but what they should have said is read and discuss the story. Here is a link to the Florida Center for Reading Research. It’s one of my favorites. This is the second/third page but you might go back to the first grade page if your child is struggling. You don’t have to completely follow each lesson. For the Monitoring for Comprehension lesson you can just print the word cards and choose two every night and discuss them while reading. “Who” is in the story? “Compare” this story to another one or “Compare” the main character to yourself. Good luck. https://fcrr.org/sites/g/files/upcbnu2836/files/media/PDFs/student_center_activities/23_monitoring_for_understanding/23_c029_ask_and_answer.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t base any decisions off of iReady.

I would. It was the only indicator coming from FCPS that showed dyslexia. I would avoid the reading specialist and get private evaluation. FCPS will continue to lie as long as they can about reading issues.

Sadly, the majority of school systems do this

NP. Do you have any recommendations for a private evaluation for dyslexia?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t base any decisions off of iReady.

I would. It was the only indicator coming from FCPS that showed dyslexia. I would avoid the reading specialist and get private evaluation. FCPS will continue to lie as long as they can about reading issues.

Sadly, the majority of school systems do this

NP. Do you have any recommendations for a private evaluation for dyslexia?

if you are in FCPS- Mindwell and George Mason Univ are the ones that are recommended a lot.