I'm wondering what the routines are like for this child in terms of what she does when "working with words?" Does she work with these words for homework as well? If the teachers have been using Words Their Way with fidelity, and other researched based practices have been used over the course of the last three years, I wonder if it has something to do with genetics. I did some research into this after my daughter, who has always appeared to have a learning disability when it comes to spelling, yet is now applying to medical school, read about a form of spelling dyslexia. If you read the following article, you'll see that there is some recent studies associating spelling difficulties with DNA. Good luck! http://www.dys-add.com/resources/RecentResearch/SpellingGene.pdf
________________________________ From: Heaney Carolyn <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 12:57 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] spelling Hi Debra, Sorry for not being clear. I am the Reading Specialist/ Reading Recovery Teacher at my building. I work primarily with the little ones. I attended our Intervention and Referral Services team meeting and this child came up. The teachers have been using WTW with this child, with almost no progress since the beginning of 3rd grade. I have given all my best suggestions but I don't feel like they are good enough. I do not actually work with her for writing and spelling, but would like to help the classroom teacher out better. I suggested activities from Pat Cunningham's work, including Month-byMonth Phonics and Making Words: Lessons for Home and School. Does anybody have any other thoughts? Thank you, Carolyn _______________________________________________ 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
