Christina When faced with a child like this, there may be several reasons why he guesses. You'll need to investigate further to find out which of these are contributing to the problem. 1. the child doesn't have any decoding strategies except using context and getting his mouth ready 2. he doesn't have enough phonics knowledge (make sure he knows most consonant and vowel sounds) 3. He can't blend sounds...try some auditory blending activities to see if he can blend... (You might for example tell him that you are going to say a word in secret code and see if he can guess it. You'd then go /c/ /a/ /t/ and see if he can figure out the word is cat. 4. He lacks the confidence to apply the known decoding strategies or is in a text too difficult and he is giving up. Jennifer Jennifer In a message dated 8/26/2007 8:58:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour _______________________________________________ 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.
