> For those wondering about Read Right I know. My district bought this program on a whim a few years ago. I worked in it for 3 years.
Here's the sum: It is a 100 percent prescribed program! People from the company train you to read from a manual. The people who train are not certified teachers. In fact the company would rather not have reading teachers do the program. hhhmmm Also it is very expensive because of the training and "library" that has to be purchased. The program claims to rewire networks by having kids reread paragraphs for excellence. There is a very specific way this is done. There is little or no comprehension because the program believes that the neural networks need to be retrained before more in-depth reading can began. The books are mostly of low quality and the library is very small. YOU CANNOT digress from the program because the company will guarantee only if you follow their program. NOW for me I did follow the program (had no choice) and then the company blamed it on the people doing the program. This is a q Thanks Angie. I had heard about her a loooong time ago. Was wondering if > it was the same person. Then I too thought they were just effective > teaching strategies. It may work well because children are often NOT > experiencing effective strategies (to say the least...with scripted > programs > and all) so this approach might help some kids. The problem with this at > this point to me seems like this is selling a PROGRAM so therefore it > needs > to be seen as having an exclusive magic approach - it's not open. It > doesn't seem to recognize that it should be involving all of a child's > teachers etc. That may be a specific problem of implementation. At the > same time I could not find ANY specific information in their materials.... > And the claims for result seem highly inflated....as if this program can > do > it and good teachers can't. > > Any comments from anyone else?? > > Thanks again for this insight. I will get her book. > > Sally > > > On 12/9/08 5:42 AM, "Angie Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You can read about the Read Right! program in this book Read Right!: >> Coaching Your Child to Excellence in Reading writtten by Dee Tadlock. >> Based on what I've read, it's just teaching them effective reading >> strategies with some motivational techniques thrown in. >> >> Hope this helps! >> Angie >> On Dec 8, 2008, at 10:03 PM, thomas wrote: >> >>> So what is it that they do??? Or is that all secret? Why wouldn't >>> you >>> be allowed to do shared reading? Or are you? Can you do >>> comprehension work? >>> Their materials stress that they do both "fluency" and >>> "comprehension." Are >>> you allowed to work with the children on writing? >>> All this "exclusiveness" is kind of troubling. I am most anxious to >>> know what the strategies actually are. >>> >>> Another thing that confuses me - it is supposedly an approach that >>> works all >>> ages....through adults. And they also have a parent program. So if >>> parents >>> can do it, why wouldn't a regular teacher at least be able to >>> supplement >>> In the classroom when the kids come back....or during other literacy >>> times >>> of the day? >>> >>> Thanks for any info you can still find out.... >>> >>> Sally >>> >>> On 12/8/08 6:42 PM, "Chris and Teresa Casart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Read Right must be the new "big thing." As of three weeks ago, 5 >>>> of my kids >>>> are being pulled for 40 minutes every day for Read Right tutoring. >>>> >>>> I haven't had time to study it myself, but I do know it takes intense >>>> teacher training to be able to use Read Right as an intervention. >>>> (We're >>>> talking about a minimum of 3 weeks of full-time training just to get >>>> started.) In our school, RR is a 3rd tier intervention for kids >>>> who are >>>> SIGNIFICANTLY below grade level in reading. (Like my 4th grader who >>>> benchmarks at a GR level B.) >>>> >>>> For the kids that are involved in Read Right, I can no longer work on >>>> decoding/fix-up strategies with them or do word work as it applies to >>>> reading - however you distinguish that. (They are still involved >>>> in our >>>> Sitton word study.) They are not allowed to track with their >>>> finger. Also, >>>> I don't meet with them in a small group setting anymore. They are >>>> involved >>>> in independent reading/writing practice when they return to the >>>> room during >>>> our literacy block. >>>> >>>> We'll know if it "works" by the end of the year. >>>> >>>> Teresa >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 7:56 PM >>>> Subject: [MOSAIC] Question re Read Right >>>> >>>> >>>>> Does anyone have information about the Read Right approach to >>>>> reading? I >>>>> have accessed their web pages - claiming spectacular results. But >>>>> I can't >>>>> see anything concrete about their theory of reading or the >>>>> strategies they >>>>> use. >>>>> >>>>> Any info would be appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> sally >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >> >> Angie Kelley >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by EduTech's MailScanner Vaccine4, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. 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