Does anyone have a successful activity for Reading First strategic learners?

Question

I have a group of 10 students. Hopefully half of them (strategic) will be able to progress to benchmark by spring. I use centers, but I need some specific activities to target these 5 students. Their attention spans are not the best, but I believe they have the ability to move forward.

Answer 1

I teach at risk students. I have a reading recovery back ground. I am a firm believer in the basic sight words (is, and, the, can, in, at, am, like, look, etc.) I drill those everyday. I made flashcards and sent those home. Even if my students can run through the flashcards, they mess up those little words while reading. I try to use those known words to get them to monitor their reading. We write them on the markerboard, use magnetic letters, etc. We look for those chunks in bigger words, etc. We go over it every day! The dolch list may also help but I'd shorten that list. I concentrate on 10-15 words.

Answer 2

my sister is a teaching at a Reading First school and I am working on my masters for speech-l;angauge pathology. I feel for you because I hear how difficult reading first can be. From a clinical standpoint, I have found that small groups of children do enjoy games. You can make adaptations to tons of board games and even have specific goals for each child. For instance, you could play a memory game. Each child could be assigned a color card (that has their reading level on the other side). They could work together to match their word/phrase/sentence to the corresponding picture. You could play any simple board game like Candy Land and incorporate reading goals before each child can progress to a new spot on the game board. I also think group reading, and Im sure you agree, is one of the best ways to target new reading goals. Good luck to you!

Answer 3

The use of "sight words," short words of 3 or less letter, seems to be working very well at my son's preschool. Various teaching, playing, and self-practicing (homework) activities are structured around these sight words. Nearly all students picked up sight words quickly and gave them the confidence to read simple books.

Answer 4

I wish I could help, I have problems with my son wanting to read.
Sorry.