hollyhock Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I am several weeks into WWE 3 with my soon-to-be 8yo son. He is a bit young for it, technically in 2nd grade now, but he had no trouble with WWE 2 so we moved on. The issue he is having is that he has a hard time remembering facts about a given passage if he reads it to himself. If I read it to him, he does very well. But there is something about reading it alone that doesn't work for him. So is this a maturity issue? Or could it be that he is more auditory than visual? Anyone have any ideas? For the time being, I have gone back to just reading passages to him and sometime in the future we will try going back to independent reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Have you tried having him read it twice? My older son needed to read the passages twice many times to retain the story. My 6 year old is doing WWE3 right now, and he too sometimes needs to reread stories. My rule is "if you get 2 questions wrong, then you need to go back and reread the passage." This has also helped him read more carefully the first time ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Is he reading aloud, or to himself? I've always had dd read out loud . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyhock Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 I have sometimes had him read it twice but it usually doesn't help much. Reading to himself out loud is a good idea. Maybe I should try that. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieF Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Ds8 also reads it aloud to me, that gets the reading practice out of the way too! Stephanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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