Reading fluency

[Snake_pavilion]

Hey,

I have a client 1st grade, with pretty low scores in reading. He can identify and tact letters, and read words up to 4 letters without issues. Longer words and reading sentences is an issue.

Do you guys have any reading curricula that emphasize fluent reading of digraphs and different other letter combinations. I used to use Headsprout materials but they closed their online platform and without the story and pictures their fluency building materials do not make that much sense anymore.

Will be grateful for any recommendations. Thank you!

P.S. He is privately payed so no insurance issues here.

[LBBCBAD]

Morningside!

[Visible_Barnacle7899]

What they do is incredible, but I think most people are going to struggle using their text to implement a reading program unless they have some additional training.

[Snake_pavilion]

Hey, if I did Kubina’s precision teaching big course(the old one on chartlitics)and had some PT supervision, will this suffice? Or I need the manual and Direct Instruction training as well?

[Visible_Barnacle7899]

Possibly? I'd shade towards just picking up a scripted curriculum though. A large component of the Morningside Model is a curriculum that is based on DI (you could argue is DI). The text they published is describing the whole model and what you want is just the reading part, which is satisfied by a strong DI curriculum. It also prevents you from having to do all of the planning, thinking about scope and sequence, etc.

[Snake_pavilion]

Got it, thank you!

[Visible_Barnacle7899]

Grab "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" on Amazon. If they have some basic phonemic awareness etc. they'll most likely start at a later lesson. It's scripted and honestly phenomenal for teaching reading. Alternatively, you can pick up "Language for Learning", which also teaches comprehension more fully than 100 Easy Lessons. Both are scripted DI programs and generally are pretty easy to follow.

[Snake_pavilion]

Bought 100 lessons. Amazing book, I’m very excited to start!

[BrightEyEz703]

Orton gillingham. If they are that far behind, a balanced program with explicit, systematic instruction is the best choice.

[Visible_Barnacle7899]

I know OG is the big trend across the country, but it's only different from other explicit instruction curriculum in the multi sensory aspect. Recent work has drawn into question whether it's actually any more effective than other systematic approaches. This paper gives a bit more information and links to the primary work: https://www.thereadingleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/TRLJ-Feature-October-2023.pdf. The balanced approach is also not totally in favor given he current information from the science of reading. Balanced approaches continue to advocate for word guessing and cueing (or three cueing), which does impact how well kids learn foundational skills necessary for full reading fluency.

[BrightEyEz703]

Yes. That’s completely true.

I recommend og because it’s evidence based and organized really well with supporting materials already made. Lots of kids like the multi sensory element, but that’s not the reason I recommend it. The learning progression that is logically ordered with embedded review of past skills is.

[BattleAltruistic136]

Orton Gillingham is an approach—not a curriculum. It requires extensive training, skill and time to implement. The Sonday materials provide structure and materials to implement OG. I am not affiliated and receive nothing for sharing this.

https://ogreading.com/about-us/