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with a shield of armor wrapped around
him, with a look in his eyes that dares
anyone to make fun of him because
he can’t read. It is not long before he
becomes a behavior problem. Both Lisa
and Sammy were referred to me. I knew
better than to put them in with second
graders therefore, I began to see them
individually. It was necessary for me to
take them back to the beginning, you see,
they had never mastered the alphabet.
Alphabetic principle work must be
intensive in the beginning stages of
reading. There have been many studies
undertaken proving, if a child cannot
read by third grade their chances of
learning are reduced drastically. If,
during this time of isolation you are
noticing your child is not reading at a
level you feel he/she should be reading,
it is time for you to become a very loud
advocate for your child. watch students and someone is encircling
them, you notice the child’s body
Reading Strategies: how I would read language shows powerlessness. When
with students. you give a child their space and control
If possible, I tried to have two copies of of the book, their shoulders go back.
the book we were reading. (With my Power is what I wanted my students
small groups and individual students, to feel. The student begins to read. I
I used picture books.) I pre-read the listen, and listen closely. I do not make
book, made a list of vocabulary words corrections. The student will stumble
and definitions they would not know, over words, but they have control of the
which we went over before reading. How book and will try to correct themselves.
I sat with a student was important to Next, a second reading, I ask, “Would
me. There was no sitting next to them, you like me to read or do you want to
leaning over them, having my arm on the read it again?” Typical responses I would
back of their chair. (In my opinion, that get would be, “No, I want to read it
is for parent child cuddle time.) If you again.” “Let’s take turns, you read a page
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