Please, I am in need of some ways I can be of better help in giving my daughter pointers on reading comprehension assignments. Sometimes I feel as though she is just not reading the material thoroughly.
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Get an index card to place under the line that she is reading.  This will help her keep from losing her place.  A colored one might work even better...  But a flourescent one might be hard on the eyes.\n\nBefore she reads, give her an idea of what she's going to be listening for by reading her the questions first... Then tell her to highlight the answers when she finds them.  This will help her to learn to actively listen and search for needed information.\n\nTeach her to read the questions, read the passage, then re-read questions one by one, skimming for the answer.  Find the key word in the question and then search the reading passage for that word.\n\nTalk to her about things like bold print, italics, captions under pictures...  Talk to her about headings and the organization of writing.  Often the first and last sentences in each paragraph tell the story.\n\nLet her know the importance of being able to read to gather information.  There are many reasons to read, including enjoyment.  Make sure that she's having opportunities to read for fun, too.  Not just dreary homework.  Take her to the bookstore and let her buy a book.  It could even be a comic book!  The point is to get her to read.\n\nYou might notice that she is better at reading comprehension in fiction than non-fiction stories.  This is good to know, because you can point out her strength and focus on her area of needed improvement.\n\nLet her see you reading for both pleasure and for gathering information.  Help her to understand that every day reading is important in the real world.\n\nGood luck!
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try talking to the teacher and see if they will prvide you with the appropriate material or at least point you in the right direction.
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#1, fight the alternative school thing (unless she has behavior problems as well).  If you want her to do better, you have to make school the focus of her life, not the externals (game boys, ipods, tv, friends, etc.).  You are not punishing her, you are helping her focus on school instead of all the other BS.  But this goes hand in hand with you taking an active role in making sure she is on task.  Just grounding her and taking away her privleges is not enough.  She has to know that school work is important to you as well.
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Perfectly happy with Happygirl’s answer.\nI’d like to add: make your students read, read, read.\nDon’t insist too much on interpretation etc. Point out why YOU think it is worth reading, why YOU consider it powerful language. The ones who have it in themselves will follow, the others can just as well read study guides.\nAnd remember: read, read, read; and ENJOY!
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Maybe these will help...\n\nhttp://www.carolhurst.com/\nhttp://www.literacytrust.org.uk/pubs/readerindex.html\nhttp://www.reachforreading.com/\nhttp://www.lessonplans.com
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http://www.homeworkspot.com/ i really love this place it helps me it is a little confusing sometimes though
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My kids and I picked up something similar called eyeQ and it has lots of eye excersises to improve vision and reading, I am now a semi speed reader but have always had good vision, my one daughter went up in english and no longer complains of her eyes hurting when she studies too much. This one I can vouch for. See if its similar.
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What behavioral interventions and work prompts are her teachers doing with her at school? Ask if you can sit in and observe so you can do the same thing for academic work at home.\n\nShe will calm down greatly when she has similar expectations and prompts across environments. Your behavior responses are probably different from her teachers, and this confuses her because homework is schoolwork is something that should happen just-that-way-that-it-always-happens.....
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Book certficates!!  They can choose what they want, or better, take them to the book store, and find out what they like, and get them a book each.  (it may be easier on your budget!)  \nGet them interested in reading, and finding the best book they like would help them.
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Well, my brother and I are about the same ages as you both. I want to see mine succeed as well without helping him. What I do is when he asks me a question on his homework, I take a quick look at what it is, find it in the back of his books in the index, and then direct him to that page. As for the spelling, my brother write the words out and says the spelling. Dictionaries are good to have where he does his work. I hate spelling and also can't do it so I keep a dictionary with me. If he is allowed to get online, (hint hint) then there www.factmonster.com that he can go to and get help without turning to you. Other than that, you just need to offer a bit of advice every now and then. (P.S.- My brother is now in 5th and I'm in 8th; so I feel your pain!  :P )  Good luck!
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sylvan learning.  is she in the seventh grade? i am.  my school offers this thing called skills tutor, i'm not sure if it's there too,  tell her good luck
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baby einstine is great for that sort of stuff also you can try making her ask for things it will help her to increase her vocabulary it will also prevent her from having language barriers.
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You can give it another try.  In some cases, the teacher is the problem.  Maybe with any luck the new teacher will help her out, instead of working against her
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yeah, i can help.  i can help you be a better parent by giving you some advice:  don't do your son's homework for him.  you are sending him to school to learn, aren't you?  how is he going to ever learn how to do anything if you spend days doing his work for him?  \n\nsure, he might end up with an A in first grade, but who cares about what you got in first grade?  you could make an argument that grades are important to his future if they are high school grades, but it's far more important that he actually *learn* things at this age.\n\nsheesh.
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Reading is always a good thing to do...clean house...work on your yard...i give you props for trying this, it's hard no TV or games..i should try this with my son..i don't watch much TV or play games i keep to busy cleaning and reading like i said....try writing in a journal about how your feeling at this time...it would be fun for you to read it later...
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I really do sympathize with you.  I teach sophomore English to very low level, at-risk students.  My kids are straight out of that old TV show, "Welcome Back Kotter," however, the attitudes and ambivilence are often laced with a home-grown coating of physical abuse, drugs, alcohol, etc. etc.  I have a student right now who was exactly like those you are describing. He'd been in jail, alternative school, ISS, you name it, and simply didn't seem to care. He often said, "I'm going to fail anyway, so what's the point?"  He'd dig his heels in and sit in his desk staring into space and refusing to even attempt the most trivial task.  It frustrated me to no end, but rather than let it aggravate me further, I told myself that I was going to make a conscious effort to say something nice to this child, or to acknowledge him in a special way every single day even if I had to draw down the sun, moon, and stars to find something positive to say.  First I just said things like, "Hey Fernando, that's a pretty fine shirt you got on," or "Did you get a haircut?  It looks good."   Next thing I knew he was picking up a pencil and writing a few words, answering 1 or 2 questions on a worksheet.  So I kept at it, and he started doing another 2 or 3 questions and guess what?  Today, Fernando completed 3 entire pages of a 6 page packet featuring VERBS! :-)\nHe hides behind my door every morning as the kids are filing in and I say "Gee, I think there's a big bug in this hallway---I think I heard it behind my door--I better get some RAID!"  For the past week and a half or so he's actually been coming into class smiling.   \nI don't know if this helps you or not---I know that all of our students are unique, but even when they're in high-school--15, 16 years old, I've found that there are those that so badly crave our attention much like that of a little kid.\nHang in there---persistence and patience are blessings bigger than we could ever know!  (hug)
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I understand your worry.  How disabled is your daughter?  Is it possible for her to get along in a group home with others with her same condition where they have people to help and monitor the situation? Maybe to start introducing her to prospective situations or people now so that she is familiar with them.  Do you belong to a religious community?  Since I don't know how much help your daughter needs its hard to think of ideas but you are welcome to e-mail me - I will try and help you think of ideas for the future.