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[quote=Anonymous]Is she able to read fluently?  It sounds like she may be so focused on decoding that she is treating the individual words as isolated puzzles to solve.  If that’s the case then it would make sense that she’s having comprehension problems - she’s not reading a story, just a bunch of separate words.  Once she’s sounded out the words in a phrase or sentence, have her go back and put them together, then as she progresses, so that she gets something coherent.

This can be really tiring, so keep reading practices short and take turns (buddy reading) to give her a chance to take a break and enjoy the story.  Talk about the story as you go along.  Make sure she doesn’t guess at the words.  If necessary cover up the picture until she’s read the page.  If she struggles with a word and wants to quit, make her sound out the word before you let her stop.  She may decide to go a little further, but if not you don’t want her ending on defeat and leaving a stumbling block for her return.

Learning to read is a major accomplishment, it’s hard for most people to learn.  The good news is that since she’s learning with phonics, once she masters the skill of reading and has a little practice, she’ll be able to read anything she could understand by hearing. [/quote]

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