Yesterday I sat reading with my son a reader with short stories that are pretty easy for him. We had read them about six months ago and moved on but pulled them out last week when he started Interactive Metronome and was really tired. He finished one story and I had told him he needed to read a second as well.
He then looked at me and told me he would read it on his own. He told me it was second grade reading and he knew all the words (all true—his reading is first semester third grade—he is finishing third grade). He then asked me how would I know if he had read it. I told him I’d ask him questions.
I left and shut the door. I opened the door quietly a little while later to see him intently reading the story. Tears filled my eyes. He may never willingly read but this is a big step. He has never really read on his own—we have always had to sit beside him.
A few minutes later I returned. I asked him about the story. He told me in minute detail everything that had happened.
Beth
Re: My best mother's day present
Anne,
We sufferred two endless years with an incompetent resource teacher. This year we finally have one worth her weight in gold. It will make a tremendous difference, let me tell you.
So hang in there!!
Beth
Re: My best mother's day present
>>This year we finally have one worth her weight in gold.<<
Hey, next year’s teacher is a big, burly guy - Just in weight
alone, he’ll be worth a fortune.
All kidding aside, he really looks to be good.
Pray he doesn’t quit or get hit by a bus over
the summer
;-)
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Beth,
Congratulations on your son’s breakthrough. We just experienced something similar with “the adventures of diaper baby” which is a follow on to the captain underpants series. Its the first set of books he’s reading to himself. What a boost to his self esteem!
Keep us all posted on the IM, there are a few of us eagerly awaiting your take on if its helpful.
Karen
exhausted mom
Boy howdy, I know what you mean about those progress reports! I had gotten so many like that last yr when my son was in 6th grade, I finally got off the roller coaster and quit taking them seriously. This year has been a little better thank goodness! I hate that panicky feeling you get when you thought things were going good, ya get one of those incorrect reports and then find out things were good after all! Keep our fingers crossed for next year.
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Beth,
That is great news! I got a great gift too. We just had our conference and it showed that my son has increased 2 years in reading from last year! This was great news for me.
We also have implemented a reading program at night in our house. My kids can read from a choice of books that I have designated on “their shelf” of the bookcase and stay up just alittle to read it. I’m hoping this will spark their interest in reading. I’m not going to question them on what they have read, but I encourage them to share their books with their own thoughts.
gk
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Beth
This is great! I have read a lot of your posts over the past year.
I have a 7 year old with a profile almost identical to your child’s.
I am thinking of doing Neuronet with her. We have done Earobics
and OT and Seeing Stars from Lindamood Bell. I am encouraged
by your results with Neuronet. Hope that you continue to have
success!
Stephanie
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Stephanie,
I will tell you that Neuronet is the single best thing we have done!!
Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions.
Beth
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After trying to have a child for many many years and then getting pregnant with twin girls and loosing them at six months. I adopted my new born son who has given me more happiness over the past 9 yrs. than I can believe.
Beth,
I am so pleased about your son and his progress
and what a wonderful mother’s day present!
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Okay, now I want to whine, yell and kick the dogs.
For mother’s day I got a letter in the mail saying my
son is flunking language and social studies.
If they gave out F- he would have them with
36% and 46%.
Wooooooonderful.
Just a glimmer of hope - this sped teacher has done
this to me before. Send me a notice with the WRONG
grades and apologized.
So I send off an email , spend mother’s day wondering
about it all, mentally adjusting my schedule for a meeting
and round the clock scrambling thinking how to increase
his grades.
And today I get an email that, oh! we had updated grades
B and C, (they HAD them right infront of them)
and we probably (PROBABLY?) shouldn’t have sent that letter,
so sorry. Just about the same thing she said the LAST time
she did this to me.
So we aren’t flunking, we’ve just been screwed again.
Thank gawd we are going onto a new sped teacher
next year. Please, everybody, pray he doesn’t get hit
by a bus.
Anne