Increasing in Reading Skills!

 The students that I tutor are at various stages of learning to read. I have a four-year-old, a seven-year-old, and an advanced ten-year-old. I also have a three year old who is just beginning to recognize the letters of the alphabet. She is so cute! She says "woo" for the letter U. She's really good at reconizing the letter B, which is in her name, Ruby. Unfortunately, I didn't get her on video today. Maybe next time. 

I did, however, get clips to show you the varying levels at which they are learning. I just started teaching Elliot short words, as he knows all the letters of the alphabet, and knows how to spell and recognize his name. 

Elliot, age four:

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Elsie is reading first-grade level books, and is learning to read words with letter combinations like "th" and "cl", etc. Sometimes she reads a word and adds a letter sound to it when the word doesn't have that letter in it. It seems to mostly be "n" or "r." But I just tell her to look at the letters in the word and sound it out slowly. That usually helps, but not always. She is getting better at remembering, though. 

Elsie, age seven

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Then there is Robert. He is an advanced learner, in both reading, writing, and math. At ten years old, he is thinking that he will be able to skip fifth grade and move on to sixth. He is homeschooled, so I assume he would need to take a state test to determine if this is feasable. He mostly prefers to read non-fiction books, which teach about a subject such as the solar system or plant life. Right now, he is reading a book about all of the different types of fungi. There are a lot more than I thought! 

Here is a clip of him reading:

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While they are all at different stages, I enjoy seeing each of them make progress in their abilities to read more complicated words and remembering what they mean. I hope you enjoy the short videos I took of them today! 










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