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mdurbanmom
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My son is a second-grader who is having reading problems. I think it was the transition from Montessori to Catholic school that left a gap in his gaining a good foundation particularly with vowel and blended sounds.
I am searching for a good program that will bring him up to speed efficiently. Any suggestions? |
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I used Jolly Phonics. I think Beauvoir uses it.
Check out the research. Good luck. |
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| phonographix - you can get book on amazon - reading reflex. there is website too, but can't remember name. believe it is read america. used at many privates and in UK. need to research on tutors if you get one - though. my ds did well with it and I know many people whose children did well with it too. good luck |
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| You could also try Kumon. |
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| What does the school say? Has he been assessed by a reading specialist? This would be the first step. |
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| Explode the Code workbooks from EPS. |
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I second Phonographix/Read America. I've also used Explode the Code -- it is thorough but probably moves slower than you need and there are a lot of books to buy -- I find it isn't necessary to take it that slowly for most kids -- the program in Phonographix is much more efficient.
For just one workbook, I'd order Super Speller: https://www.readamerica.net/productdetail.asp?productid=77#sample If you wanted something more in depth try looking at these: Introduction to Advanced Code (th, sh ch ck) https://www.readamerica.net/productdetail.asp?productid=415 Advanced Code Workbook: https://www.readamerica.net/productdetail.asp?productid=419 |
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I'm the PP and I just had a different thought.
Is your child's Catholic school using some kind of phonics book series? (My child's school used the same series through third grade.) If so, perhaps you could just buy a copy of the 1st grade book and help your child work through it to cover any missed material. |
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I'll put in another plug for Phonographix. Easy for parents to use and very effective. |
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| Our school uses phonographix and I really like it ... seems much more straight forward than what I remember from my early grades. I am not sure how easy it would be to use at home, however. But certainly worth looking into. Also, try not to feel too much pressure and stress over the situation, as you will be transmitting these feelings to your child. You have from now to the end of summer to help your child achieve a 2nd grade reading level. So try to keep the fun in it as much as you can ... choose library books that are on topics you know your child will enjoy, etc. Good luck! |
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Reading Reflex was I think the original book by the Phonographix founders and it is designed for use by the parent at home.
I didn't see it on the ReadAmerica website so I thought it might be out of print -- but I revise all my earlier suggestions OP and suggest you just get the Reading Reflex book: http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Reflex-Foolproof-Phono-Graphix-Teaching/dp/0684853671 That would be the easiest and most cost effective approach. You can do all the activities with your child at home. As for the PP's point about relaxing -- I agree you shouldn't worry too much, but ideally your child will be reading on a THIRD grade level by the end of the summer, not a second grade level. You want your child to be able to at least sound out/decode so called "third grade words" when starting third grade IMO. |
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I'm one of the pp who recommended phonographix. no fault of program - but my kid only had a small tolerance for mom teaching. but we pushed through as far as he needed it to catch up. what really helped to complement it was searching out great early books to read and read far more than your school's rec reading per night. And I mean search - get good recs at small bookstore, talking to parents, trying online - amazon 4 for the price of 3 helps. find interesting ones for your child. If book is boring or just not a fit, don't force to read it. Many of the readers and early chapter books are painful! knowing the skills you just did in a lesson, you can subtley reinforce it during reading.
Also, you can try reading a page then child reads a page when you start if you are doing chapter books. Makes it less tiring and frustrating. another technique is for you to read the page, then they read it back. oh, goes without saying try to use school year breaks to catch up rather than fall behind. Breaks allowed more time for "fun" reading and I made sure I had a stack to choose from. I can look at those breaks and see the huge progress. great confidence boost when they come back to school. good luck |
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| Ask the teacher! You are getting a lot of different suggestions here. You should work with the teacher, to find something that meshes with classroom instruction. |
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| OP, did you get any good ideas? |
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| Thought I'd throw in my two cents. IMHO nothing beats one on one time with your child, whether it's you or the reading specialist or an older cousin/Aunt/Uncle. Unless there is some condition that is preventing the child from learning, all they truly need is practice. You can even work on the blending sounds and such in the car ("What sound does "th" make?"). Save the cash for something else. |