My 5 yr old son is in Grade 1 he is the youngest in his class I received a letter for reading recovery .?

Question

My friend who also has a son aged 5 born in April but goes to another school has given her son private tutoring on a weekend with a group. I don't want my son to feel Upset there are 2 others in his class who need read recovery. Should I get a private tutor in a group or he does it at school 30 mins individually M-F for 6 months. Need advice. Reader recovery is optional

Answer 1

My daughter was a star reader in first grade but now she is in the third and is in reading recovery and it is doing wonders for her reading comprehension. You see in the first grade she could pronounce her words and read very good but she wasn't really absorbing what she was reading. Now in third grade she has already gotten to where she could take it or leave it. I think it is a good thing, He will get one on one attention as far as his reading and it will help him to not get discouraged about reading. Better now than later.

Answer 2

as a special education teacher i highly suggest you try the Reading Recovery program. This program has a very high success rate and actually brings the child ahead of the others to allow for a slip once the child leaves the program. Outside tutoring is really not necessary and may burn your son out or turn him off reading all together. Read interesting books to your son full of facts and how to's. These are the books boys respond to best at this age. I know these are hard decisions but Reading Recovery will work for your son so give it a chance. Good luck!

Answer 3

Take any and all services that your school is willing to offer!! Reading recovery is wonderful. Why pay a private tutor when you can get it for free? If he is 5 and in first grade you should get used to him getting services. My recommendation would be, actually, to hold him back in first grade. If he is struggling now, and he is the youngest, it will only get worse as time goes on. I have two sons born in summer so they were the youngest in the class. One we held back in Kindergarten, and one did great until grade 4, when maturity was not there, and academics faltered. Believe me, it is way easier to keep them back at a younger age. Why have them struggle all the way through school, and be the least mature, when you can give them all the benefits of being the oldest and most mature. In the meantime, jump at that reading recovery - kids that age see getting pulled out as fun and different - when he is in 4th grade it will become a "social issue" so best to start now!

Answer 4

Reading Recovery is a successful reading intervention program for early readers. It is intensive instruction delivered by highly trained professionals. There is a Reading Recovery website for North America (RRCNA) and NDEC website for more information. Talk to the Reading Recovery teacher at the school and ask to see the results of the assessments and ask what goals would be written for your child. Ask to see the Observation Survey Summary and the Predictions of Progress for your child.

Answer 5

If your son is only five years old, I'd wait a little bit longer before putting him into the program. Work with him at home, and see if that works. If not, I'd have him group tutored if he's social, individually if not. If he does the program through school, he could start feeling incompetent because he had to go when no one else does. I was also the youngest in my class- the benifits pay off when you're older.

Answer 6

I would certainly put your child into some sort of reading support program. Although he is young, if he feels that he cannot do what the other kids in his class are doing he may come to avoid reading altogether, which will not help his progress at all.

My son has fairly extensive learning disabilities, and I can asure you that early identification and support is very important.

Answer 7

The ability to read is essential to anyone.
Your son will be more upset if he grows up NOT reading well.
Besides you aren't his mother to be his buddy, you are responsible for him growing up to be a good grownup/human.

If you feel upset, he will feel it. By example let him know that things need to be done in life. And often things aren't fun or what we would chose to be doing. They just need to be done.

You are the mom, can you afford private toutering?

REading isn't optional......it is essential to a child and an adult.

Answer 8

Do as everyone as advised. I just want to let you know to not let get you down. I was devastated to learn that my child needed extra help, ect... It made me feel like I had did something wrong or had not worked with him enough before kindergarden. Well, I worked as a teacher's assistant for 5 years in public school. I learned that school systems had set standards to what they thought was normal level. It really pissed me off because some kids don't grasp things as fast as others. Do what you can to get him help, but don't you let it stress you.