Reading Specialist- The "D" Method
Remediation of Reading Issues
Teaching Struggling Readers- The "D" method
So now you may ask who falls into that category of “A Struggling Reader.”
- Struggles at Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade level with Letter names and sounds, phonemic awareness, decoding, segmentation, fluency, comprehension.
- Difficulty with attention and Focusing
- Poor short /long term memory
- Poor self Esteem
- Acting out behaviors
- Struggles with Phonemic Awareness
- Struggles with blending and chunking
- Struggles with beginning and ending sounds
- Struggles with sound families.
- Struggles with fluency
- 1-2 years below grade level
Stairway To Success
. Teaching to the Reading rules – Based on assessments and present skill levels, a specific Intervention program will be developed for each student/family to follow. This would be based on promoting:
1. Phonological Development
2. Skills that promote decoding/blending/segmentation.
3. Sight word building.( A Mutli-Sensory approach)
4. Skills that promote fluency
5. Skills that promote comprehension levels.
6. Identifying Reading habits.
7. Skill Mastery through repetition.
How to help your Struggling Reader?
Dyslexia is the condition that's best known for affecting reading skills. But other conditions can impact a child's ability to read for different reasons. ... Dyslexia: This brain-based condition is a common learning issue. Kids with dyslexia have trouble recognizing letters and knowing which sounds the letters make.Who can be designated a struggling Reader?
A struggling reader is a child who experiences difficulty learning to read. This maybe due to: speech and language problems, specific learning difficulties, English as a second language acquired at a later age, poor reading instruction when they were learning to read or a combination of the above.
What areas contribute to a struggling reader?
Symptoms can include:
· Problems sounding out words.
· Difficulty recognizing known words.
· Poor spelling.
· Slow reading.
· Problems reading out loud with correct expression.
· Problems understanding what was just read.
Diagnosing a Learning Disability
1. Lack of enthusiasm for reading or writing.
2. Trouble memorizing things.
3. Working at a slow pace.
4. Trouble following directions.
5. Trouble staying focused on a task.
6. Difficulty understanding abstract ideas.
7. Lack of attention to detail, or too much attention to detail.
8. Poor social skills.
Signs to look for from a struggling reader.
Red Flag: A below average reading level
Signs to watch for: Your child has difficulty reading material assigned at his or his/her grade level. He or she is consistently behind the level of his or her peers.
Red Flag: Difficulty sounding out words
Signs to watch for: Your child has trouble pronouncing words that he or she should know or confuses the sounds of certain letters.
Red Flag: Difficulty recognizing words
Signs to watch for: Your child doesn’t recognize words that he or she should know or easily confuses similar-looking words.
Red Flag: A lack of fluency when reading
Signs to watch for: When reading aloud, your child takes frequent pauses between words and lacks expression in his or her tone.
Red Flag: Problems understanding what was just read
Signs to watch for: Your child has a low level of comprehension when it comes to reading. He or she also has trouble understanding, recalling, or summarizing what he or she has just read.
Red Flag: Problems connecting what is read to previous knowledge
Signs to watch for: Your child has trouble connecting ideas from what he or she has read to other concepts he or she has previously learned.
Red Flag: Anxiety about reading
Signs to watch for: Your child is overcome with anxiety when reading, especially if he or she is asked to read aloud. He or she frequently says “I can’t do it” or “I don’t understand”.
Red Flag: Avoiding reading altogether
Signs to watch for: Your child avoids reading as much as possible. He or she approaches reading with a negative or defeated attitude, refusing to pick up books or read aloud.
Red Flag: Difficulty with spelling and writing
Signs to watch for: Your child has trouble spelling many words correctly. He or she may also struggle with writing comprehensive sentences.
Red Flag: Tasks involving reading or writing take an unusually long time to complete
Signs to watch for: Your child spends a large amount of time working on reading or writing assignments, or has trouble completing them at all.
Red Flag: Easily distracted when reading
Signs to watch for: Your child has a lot of difficulty focusing on reading assignments or abandons the task before he or she has finished.
