“I’m reading! I’m really reading!” You should have seen the look of sheer wonder, of amazement and excitement on Darren’s face when he said these words. He had brought home a book from his reading intervention class and was expected to read it. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that he wasn’t actually reading it as much as he was reciting from memory and the pictures what it said. The book was titled “I have…” and a page in the book was “I have a red apple.” Between underlining the word red with a red crayon and looking at the picture to determine what object he had, he wasn’t really reading. If only he can keep up that excitement when it comes time to reading homework for the rest of his school career….
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Awww.
It sounds like poor Darren has really been struggling to read like the rest of his classmates were doing. Baby steps is what it takes, one little bit at a time. It might help if you try and give him a new book to read, and offer him a little bit of help if he struggles with it.
I'm a writer. If he likes a little bit of a challenge he could try reading one of my stories if you could print it off for him. It doesn't have any pictures, but he might enjoy it all the same. Take a look at my blog - introduction. There are some links there.
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