Need Delightful Reading Help

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  • April 14, 2014 at 4:17 pm
    abbynellie
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    Hi,

      I am new to CM. Met Sonja at a convintention just two weeks ago. I bought everything from her I would need for my daughter to do second grade next year. I am so excited! Here is my question, I bought the delightful reading kit for my son who is four.  But my daughter is in a very intensive phonics program right now. She has become a hesitant reader because if it. Could I switch her from that to delightful reading? She is pretty far into the program she is using and knows quite a bit. Would delightful reading help her and where should I start? She is definitly in the Reading lessons section of DR. Is there a poem I should start her at? I bought the pathhway readers as well. Do I need the workbooks or just the readers? I am just trying to sort this all out. Thanks for your help in advance!

    April 14, 2014 at 6:55 pm
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    Hi, abbynellie –

    Yes, you can use the DR Kit with your reluctant/hesitant reader too. As you mentioned, start farther back in the book. You might start her at the Aesop’s fable. 

    And providing variety by having her read aloud from the Pathway Readers will be a nice addition. You could alternate days, if you want to: doing a DR lesson one day, reading from the Pathways Reader the next day, etc.

    You don’t need the workbooks. Just have her practice reading aloud. The readers have the new words for each chapter listed in the back of the books. If you want to, you might scan those lists ahead of time and see if there are any words you want to review so she will feel more confident when she encounters them in the sentences. Or just let her dive in and figure them out with a mixture of context and the phonics she knows — whichever method would work best for her personality. 

    Your goal at this point is to increase her fluency and confidence. 

    April 23, 2014 at 10:18 pm
    abbynellie
    Participant

    Thank you Sonya Shafer for your help!! Meeting you was such a pleasure and we are really looking forward to using your materials next year. I can not wait for your new 12 pack DVDs to come out!!

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