I was wondering if any teacher here could provide there experience with teaching using this method. My daughter’s high school will be starting a pilot program this month. I talked to one teacher today and he said that all he knows so far is that first you preview the material and then read 20 minutes or so silenty. This will be disastrous for my daughter.
I understand that it is a pre-reading program but can’t find much online about how it actually works.
I would love to hear the pro’s and con’s of a program of this nature for student with learning disabilities.
Re: Anticipated Guide teaching
Naturally, I want school to be a successful place for my daughter but silent reading has always been an issue for her.
She has trouble with comprehension. We are working on getting her a program such as LMB visualizing and verbalizing and some outside reading tutoring. She has trouble reading huge amounts of work in class. She is getting books on tape, but I do not like to have new programs put into place with my child without getting a clear picture of what they are and who they were designed for.
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Why are you already sure it will be disastrous for your daughter?
Is this for fiction or content area classes?
Djoes she have poor reading skills? If that’s the case, request the material on tape so that she is listening to the material. It could be a program geared to giving enough “context clues” via the preview so that readers will have a better chance of guessing the words. This might not be disastrous for this task — she may be good at filling in the gaps — but of course it probably won’t make her much of a better independent reader.
Or, are there other issues?
Some students have difficulty making the printed word “real” so previewing can be a great bridge between the symbols and their minds, and what they bring to the reading process.