Shawneinfl Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I have a son who is reading at about 3rd grade level. He struggles with speed and fluency. We are currently using the Houghton-Mifflin 3rd grade readers (used in Calvert) which he really likes. I think it is the colorful artwork and amount of words on the page that appeals to him. I am looking for a similar option for next year but I don't see a lot of "readers" for 4th grade. Any suggestions? TIA, Shawne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Well, by that time and at that level, couldn't you just use whole books? You can ask questions or take narrations for comprehension, make up a list of vocab you would like to make sure he knows, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawneinfl Posted April 11, 2009 Author Share Posted April 11, 2009 but he really enjoys the reader and I like the idea of progressing at a leveled pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicoryChick Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 There is pathway readers, but I think it is only one book for 4th. CLP Nature Reader, McGuffey. Those are a few that come to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawneinfl Posted April 11, 2009 Author Share Posted April 11, 2009 The CLP Nature readers look good but I was definitely looking for something colorful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisley Hedgehog Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aquiverfull Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Another vote for BJU. When I bought the 5th grade BJU books I had a Houghton-Mifflin book from our local public school. I compared them side by side and I thought BJU was VERY similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdie Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Another vote for BJU. When I bought the 5th grade BJU books I had a Houghton-Mifflin book from our local public school. I compared them side by side and I thought BJU was VERY similar. We are using BJU reading 3 and 4 this year. My children have enjoyed the diversity of reading assignments and the workbook helps reinforce key concepts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniet Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I vote for BJU. I also have a daughter who struggles with reading. She should be going into the 5th grade but I just purchased the 4th grade BJU reading. I haven't used it yet but I thoroughly researched the curriculum and I am very impressed. I like the fact that they still review over phonics in the 4th grade which will be helpful to my daughter. We formally used Rod and Staff reading but the workbooks were too difficult for her to complete. I also bought and sent back CLE readers which was even more difficult than Rod and Staff. BJU is quite expensive but I think well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawneinfl Posted April 11, 2009 Author Share Posted April 11, 2009 Thanks, I'll have to give the BJU a good look at FPEA next month. It looked kind of expensive but maybe I don't need the tm and all the extra stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 The HM readers continue through 6th grade even though Calvert only uses them through 3rd. The reading work pages in the Calvert materials are almost all from the HM workbooks (a few pages are not, but those are usually things like story maps or dictionary practice that are easy to replace). You can order the HM workbooks from Amazon, oddly enough, so they're not hard to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 but he really enjoys the reader and I like the idea of progressing at a leveled pace. RUN...don't walk...to CLE...It is not really pretty, but it has added so much to my dd's comprehension and love of reading. She can pick out a simile or metaphor in anything we read. She can scan a poem, determine a rhyme scheme and analyze it. I really love CLE and think it is an amazing program. Wish i knew about it when my older kiddoes were younger. ~~Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Most of my remedial students with speed and fluency problems needed more phonics, not more reading. You can give him the MWIA to see if he could benefit from more phonics training, I also have a test called the "New Elizabethian Test" that uses nonsense words to find phonics deficits, it's correlated to my online phonics lessons. The tests are here: http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/readinggradeleve.html Besides my lessons, good remedial reading programs for an older child are "Rx for Reading: Teach Them Phonics" by Ernest Christman, Back on the Right Track Reading by Miscese Gagen, and my favorite, Webster's Speller. One of my recent 5th grade students went from reading a grade below grade level to reading 3 grade levels above after working through my phonics lessons, Blend Phonics, and Webster's Speller. He made this progress in 2 months, we met with him twice a week as part of a class of 9 students (volunteers from my church helped out.) He watched my lessons on his own on the off days, and also played my concentration game with his mom on his off days, here's the game: http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Phonics/concentrationgam.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawneinfl Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 Elizabeth, We are in level 2 of All About Spelling and it is going well. It is strong in teaching phonics and spelling rules. Do you think that will suffice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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