Actually, we see lots of kids like this in our clinic. Our big problem now isn't fluency per se. It's kids who are too focused on it. Again, if he can read silently and comprehend, then why worry about how he reads aloud? Maybe he has a hearing loss, but if he does, it's not affecting his reading or his comprehension if the ultimate goal of reading is comprehension and reading silently. So maybe it's just something to think about.
On Saturday, July 7, 2007, at 06:16 PM, Joy wrote: > Elaine, > I've been scratching my head wondering about this child since > reading Sue's reply. I wonder if there are some other speech/hearing > challenges, too. When I was in first grade my teacher was concerned > about how I was reading. Turns out I had lost 99% of my hearing in one > ear, and 80% of the other ear. I had surgery done at Duke, and WOW! > the world opened up for me. (I still suffer some hearing loss, > especially if I have a cold or my allergies act up). > > elaine garan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not Tim, but I'll jump in here with a thought that might put > your > experience in a different perspective. > > Do you think it's possible that when he's reading aloud, he's so > focused on how he sounds that he isn't thinking about what he's > reading? . . . > > On Saturday, July 7, 2007, at 05:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Yes he can. When he reads aloud he rereads constantly and has hardly >> any comprehension. If I ask him to read a page silently and tell me >> what >> it's about he can. He's a mystery. >> >> Sue > > > > > > Joy/NC/4 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and > content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: > mail, news, photos & more. > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
