I am thinking of two things. 1) If/when he tries to sound out parts of a word does he blend them in a different order or the same order as he sounded them out?(Are the sounds transposed or left out of the word when trying to blend back together? For example, when taking apart the word stop, does he blend it back together by saying spot or tops?) 2) What are his interests? Does he like sports? Is he coordinated enough to play well? If he is then it is not a visual tracking problem. If he had a visual tracking problem he could not play soccer or baseball because he couldn't keep up visually with the ball movement. I would find a good Orton Gillingham tutor and have them evaluate him and go from there. Good luck and let me know what you find out.
Deidra Chandler, NC MA Early Childhood Ed MA Reading MultiSensory Structured Language Intervention Tutor ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:01 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Off Topic But Replys Appreciated > Hi Everyone, > Sorry about this off topic response but you're the best resource that I > have > right now. My son is going into the 4th grade. He has already repeated > Kindergarten because he wasn't "developmentally ready". His DRA score at > the > end of 3rd grade was an early 2nd. His ScanTron test (if you're familiar > with > it) also indicated trouble in reading. I'm not stupid, I know that there > is > a problem but I teach 5th grade and have been not so patiently waiting to > see > what was going to happen. He's done summer camps etc. NOW...our school > is > looking into an online program called "Let's Go Learn". His evaluation > shows > that his oral vocabulary is high 4th grade, but his word recognition is > low > 1st grade. Doesn't this scream visual tracking and/or perception problem > to > you? I'm too close to the subject. He doesn't like school or reading, > but I > can understand why. > Any comments on the subject? > Thanks, > Michele > > > > **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best > 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > _______________________________________________ > 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.
