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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son was a DRA 16 at the end of first and regressed over the summer.  He was a 12 at the beginning of 2nd.  He has been in reading intervention with a specialist all school year, pulled out a couple days a week.  It's worked wonders for him.  Reading just isn't his strength, which is common for children with ADD/ADHD.   2nd was hard because while he's still struggled, other kids are reading Harry Potter.  He has felt inferior to his classmates at times, but that is also a co-morbid behavior of ADHD.  He's currently at a 24 for non-fiction and a 20 for fiction.  I believe the goal for the end of 2nd is 28.  The more we read, the better he gets.  For 3rd grade, he will be in a PBL classroom.  Those activities provide many opportunities during the day to practice his reading.  Since implementing Project Based Learning the 2012-2013 school year, the Reading SOL scores have improved from 77% passing to 90% passing.  I really think PBL will be a great year for him.  It will work with his learning style and the frequent opportunities to move throughout the classroom will only do him good.

Good luck OP.  It will come in time.  Might not come very quickly, but it will get there.  [/quote]

My DC has dyslexia and we found that audio books at his cognitive level were the saving grace.  He would work on his reading at his reading level, but he would also listen to books (read by us and on CD) at higher levels.  This enables him to keep up with the vocabulary and the character and plot developments.  It does double the "reading" time at home.  We still listen to books on longer car trips (30+ minutes).  [/quote]

I try to get him to do that, but it's like pulling teeth.  The kid drives me bonkers with it, lol!  It's hard for me to accept because I love reading but we're powering through.  We did have all the psychological & educational testing done by the school district.  He's definitely a visual learner, verbal learning is NOT his forte, totally tanked that part of his CoGAT and the additional specialized testing by the school psychologist.

OP, are there any other things at play?  ADD, ADHD, Sensory issues?  If so, your child would qualify for a 504 and additional accommodations can be made, including unlimited time for tests and more.  [/quote]

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