#1 thing I think that has contributed to Abel's success is that I loved this kid from Day 1. I'm a sucker for underdogs and kids that last year's teacher did not like and he had a 10 inch stack of referrals to back that up. Not only did last year's teacher not like him but she told me that he can't read and his parents refused to retain him. She never referred him to the SST because she was sure that he would be retained. He didn't attend tutoring or summer school. He is smaller than the other kids and the baby of 9. He is also an ELL. I have included him in mixed ability groups with HM. I have him sitting by me and I have checked every piece of work that he does. I cut his 12 Spelling Words down to 6 and worked with him (and the other 5 ELL kids) for 10 minutes every day with the small white boards on patterns and some Rebecca Sitton type/Words Their Way type activities. I taught him to use the LCD remote and made him my remote/TECH person. I read aloud to my class twice a day (1 picture book and a chapter book.) I made him sit by me, side by side every day since the beginning of school. I have praised and laughed and hugged him as if he was my own personal child. I also went to the school library and begged to check out 10 books at a time (at his level.) We use AR at our school and he had all those books to choose from during Silent Reading even though they were a 0.5 level. Pressing on but I am a very happy camper! Susan Kovalik taught me a long time ago...the bond of the teacher and the child is worth more than any program or curriculum...I have always believed this and Abel is my success story this fall. Cindy wrote: > I haven't read this list in quite some time (overload at work), but I was > intrigued with your success! What do you think has been particularly > beneficial in bringing this nonreader to this point? > Cindy/VA/2nd > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > >
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