Kindergarten Reading Help

Archive for December, 2009

This situation has been on many spooof like scary movie. It’s about the president reading a book to some kindergarten kids. What is it really about ?

Hi. How can I teach a 5 year old boy to read? He’s in Sr. Kindergarten (in Canada we have a Jr. and Sr. kindergarten). He can count to 100, knows his colours, alphabets and their sounds. Im trying to teach him how to read. He knows the letter sounds but I dont know what to do from there. This is what I do.
eg. A – N – T
aaahhh nnnnnnn tuhhh
spells ant
B – A – G
bbbbuuh aaaahhh guuhhh
spells bag
I give him words like Bus, off, tom, hey, add, ant etc.
He doesn’t under stand how to read them!
How can I teach him how to read?
He knows his sounds, but the problem is, a single letter. eg. A, can have multiple sounds. AHHH, UHH, or AIH
And even if he does make the right sounds, eg. C AT , cuuhh aahhh ttt,
the sounds are right but he doesnt know how to connect them! He’ll keep repeating the sound but wont know what the word is? How can I teach him how to connect the sounds to make one word.
Please help!
Note: I don’t want any answers saying: He’s 5, let him play etc.
Because most of his classmates can already read and in gr 1, reading is required.
Thanks

I have a small 5 year-old cousin going into kindergarten that will be coming over soon. She is really smart, she can read 1st grade level books and is pretty much smarter than her almost 7-year-old brother. I was wondering if there were any games, crafts or recipes I could use/play with her and/or other children around her age. Any suggestions/ideas/websites?

I was in a kindergarten class an i was reading to this group and this guy that i really like was reading to anther group. Then the guy i like came over to me and kissed me ( it was my first kiss). After we kissed he was said wow and i couldn’t say anything because i was speech less. Please tell me what it means or give me a link to a web site.

I have a child in kindergarten and just received papers saying they have to be in Title 1 reading which in this school pretty much means “your child is stupid”. Does anyone have any suggestions on any local organizations that provide tutoring for kindergarten kids? I’m not looking for anyone online to do, I’m looking for someone like a teacher’s aide or something like that. But I have no idea where to call to find someone that might be able to help.

My niece is in Kindergarten and she does not know how to write well (especially the letter S). She has a difficult time reading as well and I noticed that she has a hard time focusing. When she knows shes not doing something correct she gives up easily. She has a twin sister that is the complete opposite as her. She has not yet been evaluated. Does this sound like some sort of disability?

Everson v. Board Of Education (1947)
The Supreme Court decision Everson v. Board of Education 330 U.S. 1. (1947) prepared the dismissal of religion from American public schools. We are hidden by more than a half-century from the shock and numbness this new doctrine of “separation of church and state” occasioned, a great bewilderment caused in part by the absence of any hint of such a separation doctrine in the Declaration, Constitution, or the Bill of Rights.
The Court, which erected the wall of separation, went on to radically change the entire face of American jurisprudence, establishing firmly a principle which had only operated spottily in the past, the “judicial review” power which made the judiciary final arbiter of which laws were legal. No longer could the people’s representatives expect that by working for legislation, their will would be honored by the courts. A new and higher power had spoken, a power with the ability to dispense with religion in government facilities, including schools and the towns and villages of America where public property was concerned.
Everson was no simple coup d’etat, but an act of Counter-Reformation warfare aimed at the independent and dissenting Protestant-Christian traditions of America. To understand the scope of this campaign, you have to look at a selection of court decisions to appreciate the range of targets Everson was intended to hit:
Item: A verbal prayer offered in a school is unconstitutional, even if it is both denominationally neutral and voluntarily participated in. Engel v. Vitale, 1962; Abington v. Schempp, 1963; Commissioner of Ed. v. School Committee of Leyden, 1971.
Item: Freedom of speech and press is guaranteed to students unless the topic is religious, at which time such speech becomes unconstitutional. Stein v. Oshinsky, 1965; Collins v. Chandler Unified School District, 1981.
Item: If a student prays over lunch, it is unconstitutional for him to pray aloud. Reed v. van Hoven, 1965.
Item: It is unconstitutional for kindergarten students to recite: “We thank you for the birds that sing; We thank you [God] for everything,” even though the word “God” is not uttered. DeSpain v. DeKalb County Community School District, 1967.
Item: It is unconstitutional for a war memorial to be erected in the shape of a cross. Lowe v. City of Eugene, 1969.
Item: It is unconstitutional for students to arrive at school early to hear a student volunteer read prayers. State Board of Ed. v. Board of Ed. of Netcong, 1970.
Item: It is unconstitutional for a Board of Education to use or refer to the word “God” in any of its official writings. State v. Whisner, 1976.
Item: It is unconstitutional for a kindergarten class to ask during a school assembly whose birthday is celebrated by Christmas. Florey v. Sioux Falls School District, 1979.
Item: It is unconstitutional for the Ten Commandments to hang on the walls of a classroom. Stone v. Graham, 1980; Ring v. Grand Forks Public School District,1980; Lanner v. Wimmer, 1981.
Item: A bill becomes unconstitutional even though the wording may be constitutionally acceptable, if the legislator who introduced the bill had a religious activity in his mind when he authored it. Wallace v. Jaffree, 1984.
Item: It is unconstitutional for a kindergarten class to recite: “God is great, God is good, let us thank Him for our food.” Wallace v. Jaffree, 1984.
Item: It is unconstitutional for a graduation ceremony to contain an opening or closing prayer. Graham v. Central Community School District, 1985; Disselbrett v. Douglas School District, 1986.
Item: In the Alaska public schools in 1987, students were told that they could not use the word “Christmas” in school because it had the word “Christ” in it.
Item: In Virginia, a federal court ruled in 1987 that homosexual newspapers may be distributed on a high school campus, but religious newspapers may not be.
Item: In 1987, a 185-year-old symbol of a Nevada city had to be changed because of its “religious significance.”
Item: In 1988, an elementary school principal in Denver removed the Bible from the school library.
Item: In Colorado Springs, 1993, an elementary school music teacher was prevented from teaching Christmas carols because of alleged violations of the separation of church and state.
Item: In 1996, ten-year-old James Gierke, of Omaha, was prohibited from reading his Bible silently during free time in the Omaha schools.
Item: In 1996, the chief administrative judge of Passaic County, New Jersey, ruled juries could no longer be sworn in using the Bible.
Item: In 2000, Ohio’s state motto, “With God, all things are possible,” was ruled unconstitutional by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals because it expressed “a uniquely Christian thought.”

I have 5 1/2 y.o boy / girl twins. Both above average intelligence. However my daughter is more than ready for 1st grade. She is currently at a 2nd grade level in math and reading. This fall, they will be old enough to attend 5 year old kindergarten by public school standards. My twins have been in a private montessori school since they were 3. Hayden is ‘average’ or maybe even slighlty below the other children his age at the school. He is not reading. There is no way he is ready for 1st grade. 5k may even be a challenge. Does anyone have any personal experience with twins being developmentally normal, but in different grades? I worry about his self esteem.

He is in a private Montessori for kindergarten(which I love, reading well before 5 yoa) The staff informed me that they believe it will make a big difference in transition to have him in a school for first grade with kids from the class he has now. None will be in my district and my district is REALLY lousy. I’ve sat in on huge classes where a lot of time was spent teaching the Spanish speaking children. I’m happy for those kids, getting the extra time, though not at my child’s expense. Plus, their scoring and class sizes are appalling. I have been to the school I would like him in and I really feel it’s a good step but I don’t no the best way to get him in. I know it CAN be done and I would appreciate any advice. Thanks to all!

My daughter is 9, was kept back in kindergarten for delays in reading/writing/reading comprehension. She has an IEP plan.
However, it has come to my attention recently that she has been kept in from recess because she doesnt complete her “morning work” in time and so is kept in from recess. She has had recess maybe 2 times this month. I was not aware of this until last week.
This does not seem right… it’s like punishing her for having a disability (which is well documented)!!! what should I do??? We do have a meeting (the yearly one) this week… and i am trying to get some info before I go in there ready to bite someone’s head off.