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Remediation: What to do when your child is already behind.
- Listen to him read something simple but new.
Initially, be sure that you choose books that are 100% decodable, that is, that he will
be able to sound out the words.
- If he guesses at or misreads simple, decodable words:
- Start by reviewing letters and sounds, particularly short vowel sounds.
You may be surprised to find that he doesn't know them all.
- Make your own word, phrase, and sentence cards on index cards.
Start with easy 3 and 4 letter words and build on those over time.
- Choose books that are at his level and are not overwhelming in length. If
there are too many words on a page or pages in a book, a beginning reader will
give up before he starts.
- If he reads the words but sounds like a robot or reads through punctuation:
- Step back a level or two, to simpler books, and work on
reading with expression.
- Take turns reading. Let him read a page and then you read a page. When
he reads through punctuation, stop and go back and re-read it with the punctuation
so that he can hear the difference. Make him do the same, every time.
- Practice every day, in a variety of ways.
As your child finds that he can read, he will become excited and be more willing
to participate.
- Make up card games with your word/sentence cards.
- Play games like Scrabble (Rules don't matter yet, crossing the words will be too complicated for beginners.) or Boggle. Concentration games like Memory Game are also great.
- Have him read to you while you are making dinner.
- Let him make your grocery list for you and then read it to you while
you are shopping.
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