Once they are fluent decoders, how do you "teach" reading?

[Paisley Hedgehog]

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Edited November 22, 2012 by Shari
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[alpidarkomama]

My DD is at about the same reading level, and we've been using the McGuffey reaaders for reading aloud. The books include tips for reading aloud and common pitfalls for the coming passage. Great oral reading practice, and we choose 1-2 stories per month to polish to a high level.

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Edited November 20, 2012 by yllek
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[chepyl]

If you want to work at reading longer stories for retention of what is read, have him read a chapter a day. Pick a book with chapters that are close to the length of books he reads all.e already. I started my DS on Magic Tree house books. It took him 10-15 minutes to read a chapter. He came back and told me what happened. We finished a second book yesterday, he is reading a chapter in 3 minutes with the same retention level. Now we will read longer chapters, or 2-3 a day.

[LaughingCat]

Stamina seems different to me than comprehension - does your DS understand what he's reading and just can't read for long? What did the testing actually test - what pushed him down from Independent to Instructional:High - missed words? speed? comprehension? or did he do well at the start and just fall apart at the end?

 

As DD(8) is getting past her tracking issues - we're dealing with her having little stamina. I've just been having her read aloud what's easy (for her) until she's struggling (or almost struggling) - hoping that will help her stamina improve. Basically trying to push the edge of her current stamina - too early to tell if it will help though. I'd love to hear other suggestions :bigear:

 

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[RamonaQ]

The greatest increases to stamina in my son have been:

1-Vision Therapy

2-Excellent evidence-based literacy tutoring

3-Reading along with audio for a hour or more/ day (for pleasure)

 

Frankly, the greatest increase in fluency and general reading stamina have been the result of reading along with audio. I saw a dramatic increase in fluency after about 3 months of ds reading books for pleasure (the books were by and large at or very well above his independent reading level). Because he was reading along with text-to-speech, he was not experiencing fatigue and was able to consume large quantities of books (during that first three months I think ds was read about two 3 200+page books per week).

 

As far as oral mis-reading, I personally let somethings go (dropped endings, for example). If there has been a misreading, I will do a quick check to see if there was a disruption of comprehension-- often I discover that even though ds misread the word, in his re-telling he actually uses the correct word (even though he orally misread it). So for ds, I am working with him on his own checking of comprehension. (ie- that he re-reads when something doesn't make sense to him!) I guess this is how I am teaching ds reading now-- making sure he is checking his own comprehension.

 

For the last two years, I also had ds read-out loud, at a single sitting, at least 30-45 min per day grade level material. For the past 6-8 months, I have been having him read 20-30 min per day silently for pleasure, and then afterwards, he can flip on the text-to-speech so that he can continue to consume a ton of books, and find books enjoyable.

 

So, if you feel your son has had all the O-G based phonics instruction, and is automatic in his abilities to apply that knowledge, I would just have him reading outloud to you, and increase the time incrementally. I would also have him reading along with audio as much as possible-- his choice of high interest books and move that toward silent reading. (PM if you want a list of books my 11 yo ds read last year--although I can not guarantee you will find them all appropriate :scared: :blushing:)

 

I also really like Ylleks suggestions of pre-teaching the content, along with generating questions. These are great strategies, but also add some interest and human connection to the reading.

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[Dobela]

Look at Signs and Symptoms of a vision problem here .