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Pathway Readers for 11yo?
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I have never seen Pathway readers before, but I was wondering if they might be appropriate for my 11yo ds, who has autism. He has really moved forward during the past year in reading and now reads at about a beginning to middle 2nd grade level. Once he was able to grasp phonics enough to not have to sound out each and every word, he began to love reading primer level books on his own. Now, however, his command of sight words has jumped to somewhere in the 3rd grade level.
I do need to have him continue to use readers to work on fluency, but the online school we were using last year had him in the 1st grade language arts in conjunction with the 1st grade phonics he needed. Midway through the school year, he really complained about the babyish books they had him reading…..he kept telling me that he didn’t want to read about “dumb little Amanda Pig” anymore. And I have to agree that some of the books they supplied were indeed twaddle. He did (and still occasionally does) enjoy Frog and Toad and a few others like that, but I was wondering if the Pathway reader New Friends might hold his interest enough to benefit his reading skills.
Any of you who have used that reader, I would appreciate your comments. Thank you.
Hi sue,
We use the Pathway readers and I don’t think they are babyish at all. Even the earliest “First Steps” primer is about “real” people, has no talking animals etc. They all have an actual point to the story and the kids in the books deal with actual problems that kids go through in reality. It is on a rural farm setting which my kids love, don’t know if that makes a difference to you at all. HTH
As an example, the first two chapters of New Friends describe an incident with siblings Peter and Rachel (the main characters of the whole series). They get into a little tiff on the way home from school, then find that their parents are not home. The parents left a note explaining that they have gone to town and the children should do the chores. Peter and Rachel get their hopes up that the parents will bring them home “something special.” When the parents arrive with just the necessities for the household, Peter is upset. Dad helps Peter realize that just having enough good food to eat is “something special,” and Peter apologizes and learns a lesson.
All of my children from my 19 yr old down to my 7 yr old have learned to read with Pathway Readers and really enjoyed them. ( I’m just starting to work with my soon to be 6 yr old now. You may see that in my other post) Pathway Readers go from First grade thru Eighth grade.
If you choose to get a book or two, give me a holler I can send you a free workbook as not all of my kids used the workbook with.
Hope this helps
MeadowLark
I might be getting a copy of one of these Pathway Readers: More Busy Times, Climbing Higher, or New Friends. So, I’m posting another question on this thread: have you all used the workbooks along with the Pathway Readers?
My son really needs to develop his reading fluency most of all, but I am wondering about the workbooks as an aid to building vocabulary and reinforcing rules of reading and/or introducing new conventions. I’m not familiar with the workbooks.
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