Last year in school ( 1st grade) he was doing great with his reading AR tests he was ahead of most of the kids in the class with reading. Now this year( 2nd grade)all of the sudden he has failed every one of them. There are no sudden life changes at home or in his surrondings there is nothing that could be going on at home that i can think of that would be making his reading grades slip. He can read and likes to read but for some reason he is suddenly not remembering what he is reading? Any suggestions as to why and how we can help him to remember what he just read?
2007-09-27 12:31:36 · 6 answers · asked by melissa 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
alot of great answers thank you. My son gets to pick out two books from library at school books that would be interesting to him and his level. I believe that he is getting way to much homework and way too much reading assigments. He reads 3 different books a week then they test him on it. He also has vocabulary and spelling tests every week. I have him bring the books home and we talk abt what he read ( after i read it) I am going to have him tested from a dr to see if he needs glasses or has add or another disablity. the backward letter thing he did in kindergarten but doesnt anymore my cousin has that tho so i will deffy keep an eye open. Thank you all for your help!
2007-09-27 14:55:17 · update #1
Well , it has been proven that Vitamins in the B group help with memory and also eating lots of finsh, at least 3 times a wk also improves memory. But try to go to your doctor, becasue your son might also have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) or maybe or child just needs reading glasses, take him to the doctor to be on the safe side, and goodluck with your son.
2007-09-27 12:41:02 · answer #1 · answered by Rossy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If this continues to get worse I would have him tested or dyslexia as reading gets harder children with dyslexia spend so much time in the act of reading the words correctly that they don't pay attention to the context of the story so that their comprehension isn't really great. You've said that he's having trouble with reading what about his writing?? One of the things that made me realize that my daughter had dyslexia was because she had trouble with writing and spelling. She would turn her letters around and, she would drop letters from words and drop words from sentences. IF you son is doing these things please have him evaluated for dyslexia. If these things aren't also apparent in his writing you might have him checked for a non specific reading disability. That means a reading disability that they can't find a cause for. It's one of the four disabilities that my daughter has. She also has a processing issue. Which means that if you give her more than one thing to do at the same time she'll get confused, and you can't talk to her while she's talking to someone else that also confuses her. I'm not saying that your son has these same issues just that some times children have more than one disability. I think that you should have your son evaluated just to make sure. Because the earlier you catch it the easier it will be for your son.
2007-09-27 12:58:23 · answer #2 · answered by Kathryn R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know that I have trouble remembering what I read when there's a lot of noise around, i'm hungry, or the book doesn't interest me. I was one of those nerds in high school that had no friends and just read all the time, eventually I ran out of books I liked to read and I hardly read anymore :(
So my suggestion? Give him some apples and peanut butter, ask him what he wants to read, and then give him some quiet time to read the book. Afterwards you can say "ok, did you like it? (if yes) Cool! Can you tell me what it's about so maybe I would want to read it." If he can remember, then you're good to go. If not, ask him if he didn't like it, why he didn't like it, and ask if maybe you read it with him if it would be any better.
I hope it helps, because everyday I miss not being able to pick up a good book and read.
2007-09-27 12:39:49 · answer #3 · answered by Chas A 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The words are harder, two syllables , pick out a book of his age group set with him every night just before you go to bed and have him read the { interesting to him book } old yeller or something easier to read ,,,, to you one chapter each night , something from his age group .. the words are tripping him and he is struggling , comprehention goes right out the window when struggle inters the picture , practice practice practice,, and he'll improve,, for ever those two sylible words are the stumbling block , and I meen block
2007-09-27 12:56:20 · answer #4 · answered by darkcloud 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have him read out loud, this way he is seeing and hearing what he is reading This my help him to remember better. People that tend to read a lot at one time has trouble remembering what they read. Have him read no more than 10 to 15 minutes at a time, he will retain a lot more.
2007-09-27 12:52:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Google it..."Reading Comprehension Help"...I just went there for somebody else....seems like it has a lot of help for 1st graders on it. Good Luck !!
2007-09-27 12:57:52 · answer #6 · answered by Deenie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋