Reading Progression w/ Delightful Reading and Pathways Readers

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  • April 27, 2016 at 10:01 pm
    Leslie
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    My son is currently doing another reading program, and he finished the short vowel sounds/CVC words and is working on long vowels and soon some consonant blends. I know in the individual grade 1 lesson plans in mentions working on Delightful Reading and alternating that with the Pathways Readers, but I’m not sure where a child should be in their reading abilities before starting them, especially since we don’t have DR. I watched the 2nd DVD that came with the Early Years bundle, so I understand somewhat how reading is taught, but I’m looking to understand what the full what scope and sequence of teaching reading is, and how just exactly how reading is taught with those pathway readers. I have the SCM grade 1 lesson plans, and as I flip through it, it seems like the child just reads the stories. Did I miss something? Bare with me if this is blatantly obvious or if this is a CM method I haven’t discovered…I have 4 month old twins and my mind is not working well these days, on such little sleep.

    Does SCM have a resource to help me understand all of this? Would that be Delightful Reading or something else? I have a 3.5 year old who will be coming up reading in a few years, and I think I would like to use DR instead for her, as our current program requires WAY too much writing, and after learning more about CM (and my son and I getting very frustrated with the program) I had to tweak it significantly.

    Thank you!

    April 28, 2016 at 9:01 pm
    Sonya Shafer
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    We usually recommend that once the child has completed the first set of reading lessons in Delightful Reading, and can read the poem “Rain” on his own, to add the Pathway Readers at that point, beginning with First Steps. The first few stories in that book will probably be simple for the child, but they will reinforce confidence and give the young reader a head start in his reading aloud.

    The main purpose of the readers is to have the child practice reading. He reads aloud so the parent can help, encourage, and track his growth. The readers give the child more practice decoding words in sentences and encourages progress toward fluency as the mind begins to recognize words more quickly as he reads. Another reason to have the child practice reading aloud is to gently hone his skills of pronunciation and get him started on the right foot for eventually reading more difficult passages and books aloud to others.

    I like to set up a schedule of doing a Delightful Reading lesson one day, then having the child read aloud from a reader the next day, and keep alternating in order to add variety to reading lessons time.

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