Teaching Reading

April 14, 2002

I recently started probing one of my students to see what sight words he has.

I initially started out having him match a word to pictures in a field of

three. He had a perfect score. I then had him match picture to word in a

field and he did perfect as well. After the first 50 words, I decided just

to place a field of three in front of him and have him get the word I ask

for. I'm certain to put similarly spelled words in a field so that I know

he's discriminating. Right now, he has about 200 sight words. I'm wondering

now where to go from here. The words I've been probing him on fall into

concrete categories (i.e., foods, vehicles, colors, shapes, numbers, animals,

etc). Should I start working on the Dolch reading list next? This

particular student has limited verbal language due to his apraxia, but has

above average receptive skills. HELP! Thanks so much in advance! If I've

rambled without making myself clear, e-mail me and I'll try to clarify!

Thanks again!

Koenigkramer

ABA Therapist

PO Box 961

Green Brook, NJ 08812

(phone) 908-591-1577

(fax) 732-424-9755

GoldenEydGoddess@...

April 15, 2002

Dear ,

You asked about how to teach reading. Here are some notes about how we

teach reading using a sight word approach.

For some good ideas about games, techniques and words to teach a beginning

reader see this book at BN its only $15.25

Teaching Reading to Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and

Teachers

Logan Oelwein

TalkingWords, Inc.

At 09:22 PM 4/14/2002 -0400, GoldenEydGoddess@... wrote:

>I recently started probing one of my students to see what sight words he has.

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