Connor has a new Chromebook - For Free!!!

Me explaining about Connor's new laptop

Read and Write is the most amazing tool!

Improvements are being made....

Carter reading at 14+ and with pretty good speed - slight voice pointing but quick enough to get good understanding!

Listen here -

Connor at 15-16!!!  This is fantastic!

Progress Update

Daily Reading with Dante, Connor and Carter is going well.  They get 1-1 with the teacher in their small group.

Have used Simon game and memory to build memory capacity for them all.

Reading Doctor took a break  - then Camp - Will start again in Week 2...

PLC Discussion - Week 7

Maybe change tack and look Processing and Memory tasks and not the product (teaching being the "I" sound)

Look at Cogmed training...

Conner M

Connor's report has come back. Doesn't make for great reading but it is good to know where his gaps are so I can begin the process of filling them in.

Have spoken to Jen and Rachel Rachmani about the report and the direction to take. It is a bit like the say.. "How do you eat an elephant..."

SO....  I have gone through the report in great detail and highlighted the greatest concerns (and checked with Rachel and Jen).

Connor still is not secure in his vowel sounds. So I have been working with him 1 on 1 while Carter is away and specifically been targeting the I sound in CVC words.  I got Mum in one reading time and showed her exactly what I was doing and gave her an mini whiteboard and pen to take home and do daily with Connor.

Dante and Connor have been regularly going on Reading Doctor.  They also have Sue doing daily flash cards at their level.

As yet, I have seen no shift in Reading Levels with Connor, and even reading an unknown CVC is difficult for him.

I now read through his reader before the GR lesson (to Connor) every day so Connor feels relaxed and it is not a surprise to him.

Dante

Dante has joined Group 1 for 2 weeks now and has seems to have a much greater confidence at reading time.  His fluency has improved but I am aware that his daily readers are a lot easier as he has dropped back into Level 10-12 books with Carter and Connor.  The goal of getting Dante to improve his fluency seems to have helped, so I think I will take him back up gradually over the next few weeks.

Carter is Away in Australia all week..

No progress update.  Concerns he will forget the work done previously.