"at risk" reading

Kelly - posted on 03/25/2009

Thanks for all the good advice.  I have been working with her, and she is reading much better.  Her teacher has started to send home reading books for her, and that's helping.  I was worried about her attitude toward school, but she seems to be taking it all well.  I'm happy she's getting the attention that she needs. 

Patricia - posted on 03/24/2009

Hi. I received a phone call home from school the second week of school telling me my son was being placed in an Academic intervention services (AIS) reading group where he would work with the reading teacher in a push in setting( where the reading teacher comes to the classroom instead of pulling kids out) I was a teacher before I decided to stay home with my kids so this took me by surprise considering my son knew every letter and sound. It is a very sad situation but they are pushing the first grade curriculum onto kindergarten students. Honestly, I would not turn down services given by the school. Exra attention is not going to hurt her and may give her a boost in the right direction. Leap Frog has a wonderful movie called The Letter Factory. It is a great way for the children to learn letter sound relationships. Also, there should be a list of sight words that she should be learning in school ( look, the, go, etc) These words can be taught by repetition through games like matching the words. Take index cards and write a bunch of site words on the cards with doubles and have her find the match. Make her tell you the words she finds. The more repetition the better at this age. The early readers are also a good way to introduce reading skills. The words are small and usually can be sounded out. Ask her teacher if she has paper books that she can send home. Most reading programs have books that the teacher can reproduce and the kids take home to read. I hope this information helps you. Sadly, we really are pushing our kids to fast. Good luck

Michelle - posted on 03/04/2009

Hi,

Our school district has a program called RTI, they help with all that!  There are several tools and assistance they should be giving you so you don't feel so overwelmed.  What school district are you in??  Hang in there!

Crystal - posted on 01/26/2009

At least I'm not the only one that feels this way. My son got the same assessment. And to top it off did they tell you all the extra stuff they'll have to do before the next testing and that they'll be taken from class to learn all this? Shit, I didn't start reading until 1st grade. Why did they bump it up? anyway, my guy doesn't get frustrated that much but when he does I let him go and do it him self. He loves going to the book store with me and picking out books to buy. I know there are alot of kids books with the reading level on the back. The ones he brings home from school are actually numbered with the amount of words in them and its repetitive but he loves them all the same. good luck