FW: SDs for sight reading???

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Dear Listmates,

I originally sent this out at the end of April, but I erroneously sent it

only to myself!

A big thanks goes out to those who contacted me offline with great ideas.

Having a nonvocal child means that we have to really adapt otherwise

straightforward techniques, so it's always a bit of a challenge, and ideas

are always welcome. Parents of nonvocal children unite, for all we have to

lose is our feeling of being at a loss at how to do this!

Thanks so much.

Best,

Theresa

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> Hey All,

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> I'm hoping that someone has some ideas for SDs we could use to teach

beginning sight reading.

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> I'm thinking of it as a kind of receptive ID.Lulu is nonvocal with severe

apraxia, so I can't ask her to spell out or say words unless I am asking her

to vocalize the word. So for beginning sight reading (she can already

sight-read a number of words she's picked up in her preschool environment).

Thus, we are starting with recptive ID for sight words.

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> For example, if we used an array of 3 printed text words and ask her to

receptively identify them, what word or words do you use? I was thinking

something along these lines, but am rather unsure:

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> - Find the card that reads Mama

> - Which one says Mama?

> - Show me the one that spells Mama.

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> Not sure what key words to teach here -- say, read, spell? All fo the

above, in order to mix and match?

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> I have read a number of great posts in the group archives, many by

of Talking Words, that have been really very, very helpful. I've just

ordered the book she recommends, Teaching Reading to Children with Down

Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Teachers.

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> Any further insight into sight reading SDs, teaching sight words, or

additional resources would be greatly, greatly appreciated.

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> Best,

> Theresa

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