tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post1960074193937423552..comments2024-02-17T04:12:23.721-04:00Comments on parentalcation: Dysteachia: The History and Science of the Code and Learning to Read and Comprehend it.TurbineGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09781298806992944235noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-29552070669700934052009-12-01T11:37:02.188-04:002009-12-01T11:37:02.188-04:00I shouldn't read things like this because as t...I shouldn't read things like this because as the parent of an almost NBTer it makes my blood boil. The problem is the same in Australia. The whole language approach to reading (or lets not teach reading at all approach) completely pervades the education system. Fortunately I got hold of an excellent book "Parenting a Struggling Reader" and the light bulbs went on. I was also fortunate that when I jumped up and down about systematic phonics my daughters teacher humoured me by getting the Fitzroy Readers from the school library. Now my daughter is so proud of herself because she can read real books and I am very proud of her too.<br />You would laugh at the instructions we got at the beginning of the year for helping her "read"<br /> 1. encourage your child to guess the word from the pictures<br /> 2. encourage her to guess from the context<br /> 3. encourage her to guess from the first sound<br /> 4. reread the sentence<br /> 5. sound out the word<br /><br />Of course after step 4, the child memorizes the sentence and there is no step 5. What would engelmann make of that???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-39432249605375338082009-07-23T14:38:32.448-04:002009-07-23T14:38:32.448-04:00Recalcitrance in anything comes from an inability ...Recalcitrance in anything comes from an inability or lack of confidence. Reading is no different. Those who won't read have an underlying inability that stops them proving to all around that they can't read.Vichttp://web.me.com/viccharlton/Reading_and_Literacy/Understanding_Reading/Entries/2009/3/7_The_History_of_Reading_&_Reading_Recovery.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-82815686205723168032007-06-05T06:24:00.000-04:002007-06-05T06:24:00.000-04:00Rory, I'm a lot more comfortable discussing what g...Rory, I'm a lot more comfortable discussing what goes on in the upper than the lower grades, but here I am anyway. I just watched the video, and based on the generalizations "the experts" made, I would think that any of my high school kids who are doing poorly are the victims of "disteachia." That impression would be wrong.<BR/><BR/>Reading assignments are the most important part of my American History classes. If a student consistently does a good job on the reading, it's going to be hard for them to get anything worse than a B in the class. I wrote my own text, so the reading assignments are usually between two and three pages. I did that so that the assignments would be very doable. <BR/><BR/>I can't tell you how many times I've reached the conclusion that some kid has a major comprehension problem, and then I'll find out that's not the case. The student will be going along earning low score after low score on my reading quizzes, and then all of a sudden, he'll ace one. I'll call the kid up, and ask what he did differently this time, and he'll say, "This time I read the assignment." Well, surprise! I can honestly say that the sophomores I've found who really CAN'T read are rare. <BR/><BR/>I can only speak for my own high school, but I can say with confidence that our problem isn't that kids CAN'T read, it's that too many of them WON'T read. I'm not saying that the experts on the video are wrong, but I do suspect that they are underestimating the "won't read" problem.Dennis Fermoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16066942564308377074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-52017185557232259592007-06-04T00:10:00.000-04:002007-06-04T00:10:00.000-04:00Another phrase that describes many dyslexics , rat...Another phrase that describes many dyslexics , rather than NBT , is situational dyslexia. I like situational dyslexia because it allows additional difficulties such as economic, broken home, and an assortment of factors that cause poor performance in academic skills that can mimic the results of dyslexia. <BR/><BR/>Sad to say ,dyslexia is in danger of becoming another ADHD where a label is easier to apply than any solution. The dilution of real dyslexics with NBT's and situational dyslexics is sure to also dilute the resources available or that might become available. The only way to fight back is with objective information and good analysis of that information. <BR/><BR/>The information on learning to read given in Children of the Code is of the highest quality. I haven't looked at the 2007 material yet but I was impressed with the material from 2006. <BR/><BR/>My little niche involves visual dyslexia and how to remove the visual problems that make reading difficult for visual dyslexics. Only about 20% of dyslexics can describe visual problems that make reading difficult and can benefit from my product at dyslexiaglasses.com that removes described visual problems.hayesatlbchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18404937694819904773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-18524114148647131532007-06-03T14:26:00.000-04:002007-06-03T14:26:00.000-04:00The best method I've found for teaching reading is...The best method I've found for teaching reading is from the Riggs Institute - www.riggsinst.org. It's phonetically based. (surprise!) I've been using it (when I'm allowed since I teach in a public school) and the kids who do the work show great improvement. <BR/><BR/>It looks like theres a lot of interesting informations on Children of the Code. When I have more time, I'm going to check out more of it.Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586139365230028783noreply@blogger.com