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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When we started reading tutoring because my kid had been in the "needs support" category on DIBELS throughout kindergarten and first grade, the tutor asked us what books the school had been sending home to practice. The answer was none. Yes, my kid went to the media center every week and brought home a book, but it was never at my kid's level and not intended to help her learn to read. I tried to help my child read and got bob books and other books, but she just got frustrated when I pushed her too hard. Now the tutor brings books appropriate to my kid's level every week and we practice nightly. Kid is loving reading.[/quote]

I can identify with this.  I felt pretty lost when my oldest was in kinder and 1st grade because they were struggling with reading but all I was getting from the school was "work with him at home!" but no lists of the sounds they were learning that month (unless I asked), no books sent home, etc.  I ended up supplementing with All About Reading but really didn't know what I was doing.

My youngest attended a different ES with a strong empasis on phonics, they even switched classes to be with the appropoarte level phonic group for instruction, and it was night and day.  Weekly emails with the sounds of the week, word cards and then decodable readers sent home to practice. They learned so much faster and became a more confident reader.[/quote]

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