Friday, February 3, 2012
Reading Break Through
I have a student who has struggled with decoding words this year. I have been using the Sonday reading system to work on his phonics skills. Many times, he would be able to individually sound out words but then struggle with blending the sounds together into a word. This week, a light bulb went on and he is able to decode words with more fluency. He has a greater confidence when he is reading and is not attacking words with the hesitation that he had done before. I am so excited that he has moved past his roadblock to decoding. The issues he had with decoding impacted his ability to comprehend what he read so I am hoping that that area improves as well. This is the part of my job that I love the best - success!!!!!
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Great to hear successes, thanks for sharing. Really speaks to the need for time and skills focus ("intervention grease") to help students get that "aha!"
ReplyDeleteI have heard other teachers talk about this Sonday phonics curriculum. Is that a district wide program or is that something you have? Is it more of an intervention program on phonics or is it a reading curriculum? (I would like one of those....)
ReplyDeleteWe have access to a set of the Sonday curriculum for our Sped. reading groups; I know it is great as a tier 1 intervention. I am not sure how you would go about getting it for grade level.
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