I am hoping the teachers can help me, but if you are not a teacher and have the answers, you can help also!
This summer since I have all SA kiddos I am doing an hour of "school" per day. My Pre K kiddo going to K is doing preschool stuff along with my kindy kiddo doing a second year of kindy. Kindy is a two year program here for those who need it, those who they don't declare need a second year move on.
So my first grade kiddos are my question. One in particular. The workbooks I got them all are for the year they just left in school So my first graders are working on first grade books. The one is stuggling in reading, and her report card said she needed to work on it and letter blends. What I am seeing is she can't read at all. She can't read words like "try", "men" and "dish" and longer words such as "choose" or "there" forget about it. I do know from homework assistance some of these longer words were sight words for her. She also still doesn't really know all of her letters. For the word "bad", she will sound out "dad". I know this is typical for kindy kids, but shouldn't first graders be past that? She also does this for vowel sounds so she will look at the word "bed" and sound out "bod" or "bad". She needs help reading anything in her workbook.
The fact I am not a teacher, leaves me with a ton of questions. First off, I don't know what I should expect her to be able to read. Secondly, how long do I have her sound out words before I give her the word, or do I give the word at all? I need someone to tell me how to HELP this child and not hurt progress. Comparing her to her classmate (these two were in the same class all year) is hard. Her classmate struggles with reading, and they have discussed and IEP for her reading. But, she is doing slightly better than her counterpart AND she memorizes. So say I read a book, she can read it back from memory. I know she does this, because she can "read" without looking at the words and sometimes inserts a totally different word, or omits a whole phrase. I think part of the reason she is reading a little better, is that she is memorizing words.
My husband thinks I have overly concerned myself with this. But the fact is the parents do nothing with these kiddos at home. If it doesn't happen here or at school, it just doesn't happen. My husband keeps saying "but you are not a teacher" and in some ways he is right. In other ways, I think everyone can be a teacher. I am at my wits end, because I don't know what I should be doing to help these kids, and I feel they need some extra help.
So now shoot your best advice!
This summer since I have all SA kiddos I am doing an hour of "school" per day. My Pre K kiddo going to K is doing preschool stuff along with my kindy kiddo doing a second year of kindy. Kindy is a two year program here for those who need it, those who they don't declare need a second year move on.
So my first grade kiddos are my question. One in particular. The workbooks I got them all are for the year they just left in school So my first graders are working on first grade books. The one is stuggling in reading, and her report card said she needed to work on it and letter blends. What I am seeing is she can't read at all. She can't read words like "try", "men" and "dish" and longer words such as "choose" or "there" forget about it. I do know from homework assistance some of these longer words were sight words for her. She also still doesn't really know all of her letters. For the word "bad", she will sound out "dad". I know this is typical for kindy kids, but shouldn't first graders be past that? She also does this for vowel sounds so she will look at the word "bed" and sound out "bod" or "bad". She needs help reading anything in her workbook.
The fact I am not a teacher, leaves me with a ton of questions. First off, I don't know what I should expect her to be able to read. Secondly, how long do I have her sound out words before I give her the word, or do I give the word at all? I need someone to tell me how to HELP this child and not hurt progress. Comparing her to her classmate (these two were in the same class all year) is hard. Her classmate struggles with reading, and they have discussed and IEP for her reading. But, she is doing slightly better than her counterpart AND she memorizes. So say I read a book, she can read it back from memory. I know she does this, because she can "read" without looking at the words and sometimes inserts a totally different word, or omits a whole phrase. I think part of the reason she is reading a little better, is that she is memorizing words.
My husband thinks I have overly concerned myself with this. But the fact is the parents do nothing with these kiddos at home. If it doesn't happen here or at school, it just doesn't happen. My husband keeps saying "but you are not a teacher" and in some ways he is right. In other ways, I think everyone can be a teacher. I am at my wits end, because I don't know what I should be doing to help these kids, and I feel they need some extra help.
So now shoot your best advice!
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