You could ask them. "What were you thinking about when you read...?" Are these words read in isolation? Is there any sign of monitoring or cross-checking going on? A first grader who guesses a word based on initial sounds is, IMO, a very different ballgame than the sixth grader doing the same.
I do wonder, though, what difference it makes at this point--especially for the young readers. Regardless of WHY they do what they do, they need to be taught to look across the word, to cross-check and monitor--to hear and question significant miscues. Once you have done this, and the children do or do not act upon the instruction, it would seem the time to begin to explore other issues. Lori On 8/26/07 6:57 PM, "The Simants" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just finished some testing with elementary students 1-6. > My question for you experts is this- when a child looks at the first letter of > a word and begins guessing several words that start with that letter, even > words that do not make sense, how do I determine if they are simply not > looking at the rest of the word or dyslexic and guessing by word shapes? > Any help would be appreciated. > Christina > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ 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.
