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Don't ask him about it because he still can't believe it's true and will back away if pushed, but I wrote him these three books today, and he read them.
David's Book That He Will Read
A worm can dig. Jack loves to dig. Annie and the dog love to dig. Mommy cannot dig. Rose and David did not dig. The worm wants to dig but no fun for Mom. Mom loves Rose and David.
Hug a Worm
Mommy loves to hug David. David loves to hug big worms. A worm loves to hug Rose. Rose does not want to hug a worm. Mommy hugs David, Rose, and the worm.
The Beatles
John, Paul, George, and Ringo love the yellow submarine. They help Jeremy. They sing All You Need is Love. The sing to David, and they sing to Mommy and Daddy. They sing to Jeremy. They sing to the Yellow Submarine.
Great literature it's not, but it's a combination of sight words, and ones he can sound out.
David was actually quite close to being able to read around this time last year. But, he didn't think so and refused to practice. He did not want to sound out words or sight read them when I was reading to him. I know David doesn't want a learning curve and doesn't want to try something until he can do it. We've been working on that issue, but I also just backed off asking him to identify letters. In the meantime, he listened to so many Jack and Annie books, he absorbed: Jack, and, Annie, arf, the. And we've been doing a ton of other preliteracy activities. He's writing notes, playing hangman, being read to of course, and some practice with the sounds of letters.
Today, we were reading Diary of a Worm outside, and I had him try the vowel consonant vowel words like dig, can, not. He read them. With my help, he really sounded them out. That's when I wrote his books for him.
For those of you new to teaching kids how to read, this is not reading like they sit down with a book by themselves and go for it. I showed him the pictures (yes, I drew very bad stick figures to illustrate my story), I read the story to him with my finger on each word and sounding them out, then he read it back to me. It still counts. David, with a few more deep breaths, will believe himself a reader, and he will be.
David's Book That He Will Read
A worm can dig. Jack loves to dig. Annie and the dog love to dig. Mommy cannot dig. Rose and David did not dig. The worm wants to dig but no fun for Mom. Mom loves Rose and David.
Hug a Worm
Mommy loves to hug David. David loves to hug big worms. A worm loves to hug Rose. Rose does not want to hug a worm. Mommy hugs David, Rose, and the worm.
The Beatles
John, Paul, George, and Ringo love the yellow submarine. They help Jeremy. They sing All You Need is Love. The sing to David, and they sing to Mommy and Daddy. They sing to Jeremy. They sing to the Yellow Submarine.
Great literature it's not, but it's a combination of sight words, and ones he can sound out.
David was actually quite close to being able to read around this time last year. But, he didn't think so and refused to practice. He did not want to sound out words or sight read them when I was reading to him. I know David doesn't want a learning curve and doesn't want to try something until he can do it. We've been working on that issue, but I also just backed off asking him to identify letters. In the meantime, he listened to so many Jack and Annie books, he absorbed: Jack, and, Annie, arf, the. And we've been doing a ton of other preliteracy activities. He's writing notes, playing hangman, being read to of course, and some practice with the sounds of letters.
Today, we were reading Diary of a Worm outside, and I had him try the vowel consonant vowel words like dig, can, not. He read them. With my help, he really sounded them out. That's when I wrote his books for him.
For those of you new to teaching kids how to read, this is not reading like they sit down with a book by themselves and go for it. I showed him the pictures (yes, I drew very bad stick figures to illustrate my story), I read the story to him with my finger on each word and sounding them out, then he read it back to me. It still counts. David, with a few more deep breaths, will believe himself a reader, and he will be.
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