In June, after we had finished our school year, I had my kids take the DORA reading assessment (purchased through Seton Testing and administered online through Let's Go Learn).
We took summer off from school. We started back in August, and I began using The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading with my 4th grade struggling (dyslexic) reader. We finished the book in 10 weeks. It wasn't always easy. We both wanted to pull our hair out sometimes. It was 10 weeks of intense work. However, it worked. Here's proof.
The DORA Reading Assessment tested her high frequency words, word recognition, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension. Here are her results:
The author of TOPGTR specifically states in the book not to worry about spelling while focusing on getting the child reading. So, we didn't. Her spelling still increased slightly, but this is obviously something we will now need to put more intensive work in.
It is said that at the end of TOPGTR students are left reading at a 4th grade level. Well, here's proof.
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