It's a mystery

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It's a mystery
By Cheryl

I had to look twice because your post addresses the same concern I have. I too am wishing I knew why I have kids that aren't reading. My group of students not meeting standard have shown they comprehend sometimes. On a
ten question quiz they might get the first 5 right and the next 5 wrong. My frustration is this--my set of kids isn't so bad that they would be referred to the specialists. Their averages are in the low 70s with some 90s and some 50 or 60 grades. This group of "almost making it" kids is really frustrating me because I'm puzzled about "why". Yesterday I found myself saying to one parent--"I

don't know why ..." The parent's input was good. She said that her husband has always guided her daughter to the point where she can't do it herself. I thought that was an interesting point of view. In this one case I need to think about ways to get her independent as a reader, a thinking reader, not a decoder.