Catch up on reading and writing

[Anonymous]

1st grader is below average on reading and writing. I plan to spend 30 min to an hour a day this summer to help her to catch up. Any resources that is helpful ?

[Anonymous]

OP I would start with Reading Rockets. It is a treasure trove of information and advice.

https://www.readingrockets.org

[Anonymous]

At that age we did All About Learning (either spelling or reading, your choice) and for handwriting Zaner Bloser because our FCPS used handwriting books still and that was what they did. I didn't do structured grammar until a little older.

[Anonymous]

Hoot reading

[Anonymous]

Is the issue decoding (ability to sound out the word)?

If so, you need to make sure the child is fully fluent in all letter sounds as well as blends and digraphs (things like ch, th, ng, st, etc.)

Then just start reading and speaking easy “CVC” words (constant, vowel, consonant) like fox and bed. You can good long lists of these words to practice as well as sight words/heart words (words that are frequently used but aren’t pronounced the way they look. Words like said and does, have and come.)

There are lists of K and 1st sight words online.

[Anonymous]

Ask her teacher what would be best to do. She may have materials to loan you. Repeated reading of familiar text helps build fluency, so have her read the same story over and over. Ask the teacher for a list of sight words to practice. She can write the words in shaving cream on a table. You can write some of the letters and she can fill in the missing one. Go to Lakeshore Learning and buy a reading game. Have her write two or three sentences at a time and focus on capitalizing the first word and end punctuation, and spelling words correctly that she should know. Don’t worry about hard words not being spelled right. Buy Scrabble Junior. Also, read to her every day and talk about what is happening in the story, what might happen next, how you can tell what kind of person the characters are. Are they kind or selfish and how do you know?

[Anonymous]

Look up dyslexia screening tools online that you can have you child do to see if that might be an issue. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 easy lessons is the best resource I've found for this age. If you try it and that doesn't seem to be clicking, I would suspect dyslexia. That was the case for us. The earlier you address reading and writing issues, the better. Schools often say give it time, but that doesn't magically teach a kid to read and they don't have enough staff to really help all the kids who need it. Good for you for tackling this.

[Anonymous]

I worked with my kid on Hooked On Phonics and it was helpful, but nothing helped her more than the reading specialist at school. I spent a month with her on HoP, but the school caught her up in a few weeks. She went from below to above average

[Anonymous]

Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons