when to start assigning reading to dyslexic child?

[caedmyn]

When do you start assigning reading (school-related) to a dyslexic child?  My 3rd grader has finished Barton 4.  He's interested in reading books but doesn't do very much of it on his own.

[OneStepAtATime]

Well, maybe assign some very short reading passages that you know he will have success with and might be interested in.  Does he prefer fact based or fiction?  Are you continuing with Barton?  Level 5 was awesome here.  It helped the kids read so many more words smoothly.  And it was a lot shorter for us than Level 4.  

 

Do you assign a specific period during the day for quiet time with a selection of books?  That might help.

[caedmyn]

Fiction so far.  Yes we'll start level 5 when we start school up again.  I'm doing it with DD now and I can see that it's helping her read those long words a lot more quickly.  DS1 actually did really well with level 4 and did a steady lesson a week, which is good because it is so difficult to get him to focus.  I can see it taking a year to get my 6 YO through it when he gets to it though.

I'm trying to institute a regular quiet time with audiobooks...I could have him read for part of that.

[Guest2]

We waited until after level 8, other than the readers. After level 8, we have 3 (oral reading to me) reading sessions that slowly increase to about 3 hours a day for a few years. This is pretty unorthodox, but has worked for us. After than time frame, we work on grammar and writing.

We did massive amounts of audiobooks and read alouds before they read independently.

Edited July 27, 2017 by Silver Brook

[Heathermomster]

Use audio books.

[WoolC]

I just watched the video for homeschoolers on the Barton website and Susan said up until the middle of level 5 wait for your child to pick up a book on their own. She said if they don't do it on their own by then to email her and she could give some strategies. It might be worth asking her.

 

We're about to begin level 1 so I have no personal experience with it, just thought I'd share!

[Julie Smith]

One thing I did for that age (and I assume level - I'm not familiar with Barton) is to assign reading in the form of shared reading with graphic novels. Then assigned reading with simple books with high interest such as, "Boy vs. Beast" and "Ricky and his Giant Robot".

[EKS]

I had my son read aloud to me every day until the end of 4th grade.  I don't consider that to be assigned reading, but, rather, an extended period of reading instruction.

 

I started assigning reading for him to do independently about six months after he started reading for pleasure (he started reading for pleasure in the spring of 3rd grade).  I was careful to assign books that I thought he would enjoy and that were were well below his instructional level.

Edited July 27, 2017 by EKS

[Lecka]

This is a hard question because I don't think it is possible to make a child read. You can make a child sit with a book in front of them. Maybe you can "make" a child read out loud.

 

I would try to encourage reading practice.

 

In my opinion, there is not a lot of reading in 3rd grade at public school, in classes besides reading. A lot of kids would just sit there. It is a bad, bad habit. In 4th grade I don't think there is much.

 

Like -- I think one page to read for a class besides reading, in 4th grade, would be average.

 

So I don't think it is something where you "need" to do it for school purposes.

 

I might be exaggerating some, but I think you are fine to follow recommendations in your reading program to wait for outside reading that is not voluntary.

 

It is not worth fighting over -- ask me now I know. Not that I went a long way down this path but I went far enough ;)

 

Edit: honestly I think some voluntary reading at this point is *excellent.*

Edited July 27, 2017 by Lecka