What is the grade level for these kids? It sounds like you are describing lots of different issues. Although children can certainly start reading without complete control of letter-sound relationships, they need them at some point in their early reading experiences. Are the children largely in control of letter sound association? Are they not able to link letter sound to opportunities to use sounds to produce words (when it works)--C-V-C? Do they have some known sight words to anchor them to reading?
Off hand, it would seem to me that they may not be getting the support they need from the texts. Is there repetition and pattern in what they read, along with an opportunity to use the text (pattern change)? Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 ----- Original message ----- From: Alicia M Compton <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:03 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] trouble reading for comprehension > Many students in my pre-students teaching class have trouble reading. They > have trouble connecting sound to letter recognition to identifying words. By > the time they try to connect the words together to make sentences. They go > so slow that it interferes with their comprehension. The students become > lost about what they just read. I am not sure if because they go slow they > forgot what they read or if they had problems reading because they read just > for the words and not for meaning. > > What is a good way to help my students read more fluent and finish reading > with comprehension to what they read? What strategies should be used? > > Thank you for your help. > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
