My son reads fast with poor comprehension. Ethan is 9 years old. His reading decoding skills are well developed. He tends to read quickly. He has difficulty with saliency determination and inferential thought processes for reading. He does better when he reads aloud. He is writing a standardized entrance exam in 3 weeks and needs to quickly ... read more
9 year old reads poorly affecting other subjects. 9 year old female. At or slightly below grade level in all subjects but at 2nd grade in reading/comprehension which is creating limitations in her sciences and other subjects now requiring extensive reading. Plan to home-school her if adequate, affordable resources can be ... read more
Software for Elementary School Student I am a new homeschooling parent and my child has always read above grade level. I was told when he was in the 5th grade that he was reading at a 12th grade reading level. But when we sat down to read the book we are working on for this nine weeks at home (Dragon wings), he is having an extremely ... read more
Which elementary writing program do you recommend for my students? Students in my class, for the most part, are unable to write stories without the constant repetition of and. they refuse to use first, at the beginning, next and/or other words to help the readers depict where they are in the story. I need some help. ... read more
4th grade reading difficulties are causing a problem across the curriculum. My daughter is very caring to others and a delightful child and class member, however she struggles with reading most types of texts. Therefore causing a problem in most areas across the curriculum. As she has trouble reading instructions for her daily tasks. Quite often she will sit in a dream ... read more
Jake is very bright but he needs a little elementary school writing help. Jake is a a very bright fourth grader who had trouble learning to decode and write. He has mastered the decoding problem. He does not have compression problems; however, he has a very hard time writing complete sentences. His spelling is also terrible. His main problem appears to be transmitting ... read more
My 5th grader has never been a strong student... I don't want him evaluated by the school. My son is in 5th grade and has never been a strong student. He is currently failing in all but 1 class. I do not want him evaluated in the school system because of obvious self esteem issues as well as, social reasons. He says that he does not have enough time to complete the work. I looking ... read more
Need Math Tutoring Software for my student. I tutor a 9 year old and he is having a lot of trouble with fractions, do you have any software that can really explain concepts to him without losing him? Thanks. ... read more
Third grade reading help I have a beautiful, bright 9 year old daughter who is able to recode just about any word but has very poor reading comprehension. I'm not sure what the problem is, but she isn't doing very well in school these days. Can you ... read more
Bright Boy Lacks Focus in Math I have a bright boy, but sometimes he lacks focus due to distractions and fooling around in class. Do you know how I get him to focus on his math ... read more
My child did poorly on his 4th grade test. My child is an excellent student. We just received his New York State English Language Test Scores. He did poorly. He states that he ran out of time. I also know that he had a lot of test anxiety, because they stress that the fourth grade testing is important. Is there any program that you ... read more
My daughter is struggling in all areas of reading and spelling. My daughter is struggling in all areas of reading and spelling. If I order the 2 programs suggested how often will she need to use the programs? Once a day? 3 times a week? Please let me know how soon we will see results compared to $500 tutor at a private reading center ex: Huntington Learning ... read more
Text to Speech and Reading I am looking for a good computer based reading program that starts with the basics and moves forward only when the child has mastered the skill and reviews frequently? also...with a lot of ... read more
Wilson Reading is Not Enough I use Wilson Reading with my 4th and 5th grade resource students. It is great with decoding, but I want something to use in addition to it that focuses on comprehension. I am looking for a program with assessments, and opportunities for the kids to move from level to level. Any suggestions? Thanks ... read more
Additional Reading Instruction for Learning Disability My son (middle school age) has a language based learning disability and receives reading instruction (and other support services). The district that we are in doesn't include the reading instruction as part of his IEP because they say it is not special ed. Will your program help ... read more
Earobics vs. Merit Software for Reading Comprehension I'm desperately looking for a good substance-filled reading software program for one of my students to use over the summer. Her mother cannot afford an expensive program and asked me to look into Earobics. Although I do think the skills practiced on this program will help her greatly I also think ... read more
Reading Comprehension Below State Assessment Standards I need help selecting programs that would best benefit my daughter. She is a 5th grader, who reads slightly below grade level. Recent Michigan State Assessment results indicted she is below standards in reading, writing, math and science. While a fluent reader and good speller, she does not seem ... read more
Help with Fractions I need as much help as you can give me on fractions. My niece needs help -- big ... read more
Difficulty learning fractions My son is having great difficulty learning fractions. Could you help me teach my son the idea of fractions so that he can understand it, and arrive at the answer for himself? I would appreciate any ... read more
5th grader very poor writing skills, spelling errors My son is in 5th grade and being served under the LD label in the public school system.
His spelling is horrid. He makes many spelling errors ( he can spell the same word three times on one page and it is spelled three different ways) , punctuation errors, and cannot format a paper, segment ... read more
Writer's Workshop and Merit Sofware We are using Writer's Workshop at my school and, quite frankly, we need something with a little more substance and models specific writing strategies for students. The master teachers are telling us to do more direct teaching and move away from the idea, from this workshop, that writing should ... read more
Ideas to Review Writing Skills? On our state test my students scored very low in the writing section. I've been reviewing writing techniques with them, but clearly I need to do more. Any ideas about what I can do to help with ... read more
Suggestions for Summer Reading Help My fourth grade son is reading a little below level. Can you suggest any activities I can do with him this summer to improve his reading ... read more
What are the differences between the units of Reading Shape Up? I have the Reading Shape Up Home version. Can you please tell me the differences between Units 1, 2 and 3 of set 1? Are they just the same, but with different questions, is there a step up to challenge the child more, or do I need to consider the next program?
Also....Overall, in the Unit 1 ... read more
Writing exercises for elementary students I am new to teaching in an elementary classroom and need input on methods, activities and exercises for teaching writing. Also any ways in which you assess student writing. Any input would be much appreciated. ... read more
4th grade taks writing Do you have any topic suggestions that are similar to the TAKS writing prompt? Since they changed the test to TAKS from TAAS, the prompts have usually been about the student. "Write about an adventure," "Write about your best day," etc. I am out of ideas. ... read more
Literature Circles and Writing I am looking for an effective way to combine Literature Circles with writing. Can I use your products to produce any writing from from their reading and if so, what kind? ... read more
Best elementary school reading program I am trying to design an ideal elementary school reading program for a class. Money is not a problem. This is for an urban district, which is where I work. What do you have that would be most effective?
At this point, struggling readers are pulled out for reading recovery, Reading 180 and ... read more
Instead of reading logs Do you have an idea instead of reading logs? Our 5th graders just aren't doing them and then it becomes a real pain in the butt for the teachers. Also they are just reading the back of the book and writing about that. ... read more
Main Idea / Supporting Details Do you have any ideas to help my students find main ideas with supporting details that doesn't involve resource ... read more
Teaching Summarizing to 4th Graders Do you have tips for teaching 4th graders to summarize? My students are having a hard time distinguishing between topic and main idea. I'm also looking for a resource where I could get short paragraphs that students could read and ... read more
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