jeninok Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 DS reads well, but his stamina seems to be lagging behind what I would expect, and he is slow. I have been having him read out loud to me everyday, and I am not seeing any red flags with that, his recall of facts and overall comprehension also seem to be fine. Do you all have any ideas for building not only speed but stamina? I know that just reading more helps, but I am not sure if there are specific exercises or theories or something I should be trying to help him. Also, for a typical rising 6th grader, how much assigned reading do you give. He is reading Ender's Game right now and likes it and is retaining and able to discuss what he is reading, but it is slooooow going. I want to assign a historical fiction novel about the Civil War, but I don't know how much to assign each week/day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddle Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Hi there! If you are concerned about his reading speed, google things regarding reading "fluency".... You can time and test his reading words per minute to see if he is where he should be for his targeted age range. There are tests to do for both reading silently and reading aloud. We used a program called REWARDs to help remediate both reading and fluency, but it is expensive and there are things that are cheaper to do just to test your dc before launching into any remediation programs. Hope this helps! Paula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 The Abeka 7th grade literate reader has short stories and a chart for speed. I found one free the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Oops!! iPhone.... ..the other day and my kids had fun goofing off with the speed chart. It may be a good option - cheap, short, comp questions you can do after each story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I would give some grade level and diagnostic tests to rule out any underlying problems and then just work on building up the amount of time read per day if the tests look good. If there was a problem, I would work on that first. Here they are: http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/readinggradeleve.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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