What do you use to teach reading after phonics program is finished???

[MommyInTraining]

I have been using Queen's Language Lessons for teaching my 5 and 7 year olds to read. They will be completely the last phonics books soon. What do you use for phonics/reading after you finish a phonics course, but your students are still not reading fluently?

 

I have been checking out early readers from the library for them to practice with, but is there something more I should be doing? It seems like my 1st child just sort of took off with reading and I am not sure what to do with these two who still need some hand holding.

 

Thanks so much!

[Penelope]

Queens teaches phonics, right?

 

I would just keep reviewing with the kid that doesn't get it yet. Review the phonograms, write out words and stories that use the sounds he hasn't gotten down yet and help him read them. Have you seen the Nora Gaydos readers? I don't know what level you are talking about but my son really liked these at 5.

 

An alternative is to get a primer such as Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading, which we used along with other things. I really like it as a resource because if I noticed my son was forgetting something, I could go back and find the appropriate lesson and review it. HTH.

[ElizabethB]

Webster's Speller! It will teach them how to sound out 3+ syllable words, plus review the phonics they've already learned. And, it's free, just print the pages. (Totally free if you write on a white board from the document on your computer! Well, OK, you'll be using some electricity.)

 

A bit about how to use it below in my signature line, with a link to a movie showing how to use it.

 

This thread has more information about how to teach using Webster's Speller:

 

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70153

 

For fun practice, I have a phonics game:

 

http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Phonics/concentrationgam.html

[Homeschooling6]

We use The Reading Lesson for K and Rod & Staff Phonics 1 for first grade.

 

I start R&S Reading grade 1 also.

[usetoschool]

A couple ways to increase fluency, assuming he understands and can figure out all of the rules and just needs practice:

 

flash cards - start with words you are sure he can sound out so there is no guessing, and that all use the same rule. Get excited with him as he gets faster and faster until the words are automatic, then move on to another rule

 

read a story repetatively - he reads it to you, then later on you read it to him, the next day he reads it to you, then you read it to him. Again make sure he can sound out the words and is not guessing. Start with a book that is a little below his level so he can build up his fluency on easy words

 

make some cards with sounds on them and some words that use those sounds and ask him to sort the words into piles under the right rule

 

start a phonics based spelling program - we use spelling workout, which in the first several lessons is more like a review of sounds, and then gets into the spelling words with very basic rules like words spelled with an 'a' to make the /a/ sound. Haven't used it but many people rave about All About Spelling as being very phonics based

 

You can probably think of other ways to review and make a game out of it since you know what he thinks is fun.

[YHZNS]

What about using the Victory Drill Book?

[In the Rain]

I gave my dd 20 minutes a day of silent reading time, and also had her read aloud to me later in the day. She read some of those "I Can Read" type of books. She eventually took off and became an avid reader. After she had been reading fluently for about a year we started spelling.

[AngieW in Texas]

Try the I See Sam books. I think they'd be ideal in your situation.

 

http://www.thehomeschoollibrary.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1020

[rjperez1]

We use activities from a book called Language Wise by Carmen and Geoffrey McGinnis. They own the Read America clinics and she authored the parent's book Reading Reflex which has everything you need to teach a child to read. The Language Wise book, likewise, has all the activities you need to raise your child's language I.Q. It is very well researched. The first half of the book is a brief education for the parent on how the memory works, the way we learn (based on extensive research), etc. That alone changed some of the ways I taught across the board. Great brush up on teaching technique for the parent and useful for other subjects as well. This is important because all the rest of our intelligence is linked with our understanding of language. I'm getting long winded...the second half of the book is activities for increasing your child's verbal intelligence. This is helpful for all future language activities (grammar, writing, oral language). The book can be used through upper levels also. Very easy to administer. You don't have to read the theory section.

 

The Reading Reflex book goes a bit beyond normal reading instruction and teaches "multisyllable management." Most programs don't do this. Their website is readamerica.com. They have a section for home instruction. You can call them and they will return your call. I actually got to speak with one of the authors and ask all of my questions!

Hope this helps!

[siloam]

I am using AAS spelling. You can review words as much as you like, reading them as well as spelling, so you can use it to build fluency.

 

Heather