Mandylubug Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 So, we have bounced from curriculum to curriculum with my girls. They started their educational journey in PS for Kindergarten. I pulled them out towards the end when we moved to GA. The PS taught mostly sight words. We started out with Progressive Phonics, then 100EZ, then Phonics Pathways and had success until we moved into consonant blends and the book just wasn't enough for them. We are currently using AAR1 and we are progressing! FINALLY! WOO HOO! They just finished the first book in the series. That being said, now they are SO focused on not missing one of their new words that they are struggling with the word 'is' or 'had' etc. while reading. They do read them correctly if given to them as a flash card. Is this just a normal phase? They also still confuse b and d but I am having them write out the word 'bed' each time they get confused and it seems to be happening less each day. I videoed them reading today so they could watch themselves read because they always say "we don't know how to read!" when asked by others what they are reading, etc.. they were so excited to be able to see that they were reading by themselves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASDAQ Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Yes, that's very normal for new readers. My daughter, who is a fairly good reader, still says "every" for "very" and "saw" for "was" on a fairly regular basis, especially when she's fatiguing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2TheTeam Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Totally normal. Cool idea to video them!! Congrats on them progressing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arboreal TJ Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 We started with some sight words, switched to 100EZ Lessons, there was some Bob Books and Funnix mixed in, we finally landed on AAR. I can not sing enough praise to Marie Rippel! Anyway, yes my boys mix up b/d along with the/and all the time. I blame the/and on the few weeks of sight words, so glad we jumped ship on sight words. FWIW we recently finished AAR1, I bought AAR2 but planned to give my boys a few weeks off new material, they BEGGED to start the frog book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Yep! Was/saw, even/every (and even sometimes very), other/over... It's very common for my boy when he's tiring out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdownie Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 My dd does the every/very thing to, so very normal! We love AAR too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koerarmoca Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 b and d still trips up dd7. She was reading so well today I got teary. It has been a battle for her. My two eldest reading came so easy to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Sounds like my nearly 7-yr old. She can sound out "flag" but sometimes gets hung up on the "easy" words like "has" or "it" or even sometimes "a!" (which she wants to just pronounce as a short vowel.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchie Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 My DD mixes her words up as well - from/of, and/the, what/that, where/there.... She can read some difficult words with ease, but these trip her up every. single. time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Yes, totally normal. And you might make the same mistake yourself when reading aloud. Readers don't always focus on every single word, that is part of fluency. I know my eyes skim over the 'the' and the 'a' etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Mine does this too--saw and was, a and I (trying to say the short vowel sound) and still needing to look at her "bed" mnemonic picture, especially when tired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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