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RealLifeMama · 01-23-2019, 12:46 PM

This is all so helpful and encouraging.
As far as where he is, it is such a mixed bag and depends a lot on the day.
Today, he read "Daniel's Duck". I really just have him read aloud for 10 minutes. He did not have any trouble with the words except with the three syllable words. (animal, Tennessee, Moccasins, Pettigrew)
But, he reads maybe 1 word every second or second and a half. There were a few times he strung words together like a fluent reader. It is a second grade level book. If I test him with a word list, he is pretty solid second grade. The thing that trips him up most are things that have multiple sounds like "ow". I think he said "Vall-ey" to rhyme with "Ball-ey", because "all" says, well, "all". I hate English!!!

His handwriting is very pretty. Not fast, but very pretty when he wants it to be. He rarely reverses letters anymore. He still reverses him numbers. I kept marking his math wrong because I thought his 6's were 2's.

The computer programs that helped were Nessy, Read, Write and Type, some sight word flash cards on powerpoint that had an audio component so he could run a slideshow and try to say them before she did, or just after if he missed it, Letter Olympics for b/d differentiation, and several brain training type things for working memory.
I am pretty sure he can hear the difference in sounds, so I don't think it is phonological.

Anyone try Logic of English?

01-23-2019, 12:46 PM	#17
RealLifeMama Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 18,256	Re: Recommendation for Reading help with Dyslexia This is all so helpful and encouraging. As far as where he is, it is such a mixed bag and depends a lot on the day. Today, he read "Daniel's Duck". I really just have him read aloud for 10 minutes. He did not have any trouble with the words except with the three syllable words. (animal, Tennessee, Moccasins, Pettigrew) But, he reads maybe 1 word every second or second and a half. There were a few times he strung words together like a fluent reader. It is a second grade level book. If I test him with a word list, he is pretty solid second grade. The thing that trips him up most are things that have multiple sounds like "ow". I think he said "Vall-ey" to rhyme with "Ball-ey", because "all" says, well, "all". I hate English!!! His handwriting is very pretty. Not fast, but very pretty when he wants it to be. He rarely reverses letters anymore. He still reverses him numbers. I kept marking his math wrong because I thought his 6's were 2's. The computer programs that helped were Nessy, Read, Write and Type, some sight word flash cards on powerpoint that had an audio component so he could run a slideshow and try to say them before she did, or just after if he missed it, Letter Olympics for b/d differentiation, and several brain training type things for working memory. I am pretty sure he can hear the difference in sounds, so I don't think it is phonological. Anyone try Logic of English? __________________ A, Mother of Dancing Diva, 21 Boy Wonder 19, Mr. Cool 15, and Ninja 13 Sunshine, 11, and 8 year old Joy

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