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As an educator I am always looking for new products
to help my daughter learn. This has been
a difficult year for us. My daughter did
excellent in school 4k-kindergarten, but when she reached first grade we
started having difficulty. By the end of
first grade I was convinced she needed testing.
Unfortunately, I had no idea what type of testing she needed, so I
started out with just having her vision, hearing, and auditory processing
tested. From working with her I knew
that she was having difficulty processing what she was learning, so I thought
those would be a good start. Turned out
that she did need glasses, and had she been tested for the appropriate age she
would have needed assistance for auditory processing. Don?t ask.
Basically, we struggled through another school year. So this summer I have decided she will no
longer have a complete summer vacation.
That she needs to have some sort of schooling year long to keep her from
falling behind in her studies. Once I
came to this conclusion Super Duper Publications offered me a chance to review
some of their products. I selected Reading for Details, Word Families with
Silly Sentences, and What’s the Main
Idea?
to help my daughter learn. This has been
a difficult year for us. My daughter did
excellent in school 4k-kindergarten, but when she reached first grade we
started having difficulty. By the end of
first grade I was convinced she needed testing.
Unfortunately, I had no idea what type of testing she needed, so I
started out with just having her vision, hearing, and auditory processing
tested. From working with her I knew
that she was having difficulty processing what she was learning, so I thought
those would be a good start. Turned out
that she did need glasses, and had she been tested for the appropriate age she
would have needed assistance for auditory processing. Don?t ask.
Basically, we struggled through another school year. So this summer I have decided she will no
longer have a complete summer vacation.
That she needs to have some sort of schooling year long to keep her from
falling behind in her studies. Once I
came to this conclusion Super Duper Publications offered me a chance to review
some of their products. I selected Reading for Details, Word Families with
Silly Sentences, and What’s the Main
Idea?
Most of our trouble has been with Reading this
school year, and Spelling has been like riding a roller coaster. My daughter can remember lyrics to an entire
song, yet has difficulty sounding out words like jaguar she would spell it
jagwiyre. That’s where Word Families with Silly Sentences Fun Deck will
come in handy it has 75 silly sentence cards with illustrations, 54 beginning
sound cards, and 75 ending sound cards. The
first thing I had my daughter do was read the set of words on the back of the
silly sentence card. Then, I had her
write as many words as she could that were not on the card that had the same
ending. Last I dictated the sentence on
the front of the card and had her write the sentence on paper using blanks for
the word family answers. The back of the
card has a list of five words for her to choose from (this was her word bank
for filling in blanks). As for the
beginning and ending sound cards I had her make as many words as she could with
a handful of cards. This was a very fun
and successful exercise. However, when I
had her make her own words she had some difficulty.
school year, and Spelling has been like riding a roller coaster. My daughter can remember lyrics to an entire
song, yet has difficulty sounding out words like jaguar she would spell it
jagwiyre. That’s where Word Families with Silly Sentences Fun Deck will
come in handy it has 75 silly sentence cards with illustrations, 54 beginning
sound cards, and 75 ending sound cards. The
first thing I had my daughter do was read the set of words on the back of the
silly sentence card. Then, I had her
write as many words as she could that were not on the card that had the same
ending. Last I dictated the sentence on
the front of the card and had her write the sentence on paper using blanks for
the word family answers. The back of the
card has a list of five words for her to choose from (this was her word bank
for filling in blanks). As for the
beginning and ending sound cards I had her make as many words as she could with
a handful of cards. This was a very fun
and successful exercise. However, when I
had her make her own words she had some difficulty.
Next we tried Reading
for Details in Stories Super Fun Deck with Super Duper Secret Decoder it is
designed for grades 2-8, ages 7 & up.
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that my daughter was ready for level
three. The first level is designed to
find one detail in the story they read.
In level two they are looking for two details that are not in the story.
The third level they are looking for four correct details in the story, and
this level made her think. She would
find the answer with three of the four answers and choose that one. She really enjoyed using the secret decoder
to see if her answer were correct. We
even involved my three-year-old by letting her see if her sister’s answers were
correct. The answers are A, B, C, and D
so I was able to work with her on visually finding the correct letter.
for Details in Stories Super Fun Deck with Super Duper Secret Decoder it is
designed for grades 2-8, ages 7 & up.
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that my daughter was ready for level
three. The first level is designed to
find one detail in the story they read.
In level two they are looking for two details that are not in the story.
The third level they are looking for four correct details in the story, and
this level made her think. She would
find the answer with three of the four answers and choose that one. She really enjoyed using the secret decoder
to see if her answer were correct. We
even involved my three-year-old by letting her see if her sister’s answers were
correct. The answers are A, B, C, and D
so I was able to work with her on visually finding the correct letter.
Last we tried What
is the Main Idea Super Fun Deck with Super Duper Secret Decoder it is
designed for grades 3-8, and ages 8 & up.
This game is designed to find the main idea in the story. The answers include supporting details and
they have to find the MAIN IDEA. We
stayed at level one on this game. My
daughter would second guess herself on some of the answers, and again they both
enjoyed using the secret decoder.
is the Main Idea Super Fun Deck with Super Duper Secret Decoder it is
designed for grades 3-8, and ages 8 & up.
This game is designed to find the main idea in the story. The answers include supporting details and
they have to find the MAIN IDEA. We
stayed at level one on this game. My
daughter would second guess herself on some of the answers, and again they both
enjoyed using the secret decoder.
Good
readers use comprehension strategies to facilitate the construction
readers use comprehension strategies to facilitate the construction
of meaning.
These strategies include previewing, self-questioning,
These strategies include previewing, self-questioning,
making
connections, visualizing, knowing how words work, monitoring,
connections, visualizing, knowing how words work, monitoring,
summarizing,
and evaluating. Researchers believe that
using such
and evaluating. Researchers believe that
using such
strategies
helps students become metacognitive readers
helps students become metacognitive readers
(McLaughlin
& Allen, 2002).
& Allen, 2002).
Although, personally I should
have selected material that worked more with phonics, I will still be using the
games I selected daily. As research
proves it is vital that our children use comprehension strategies to be good
readers. On a personal note, for those
of you that have children that struggle in school I want to share with you on
awards day my daughter received every reading award that was presented, but
Reading was her worst grade this year. For those of you looking for educational
material to use this summer Super Duper Publications is offering our readers 15% OFF any
Super Duper purchase. The Promo Code is
KSBLOG189 and expires June 30, 2013.
have selected material that worked more with phonics, I will still be using the
games I selected daily. As research
proves it is vital that our children use comprehension strategies to be good
readers. On a personal note, for those
of you that have children that struggle in school I want to share with you on
awards day my daughter received every reading award that was presented, but
Reading was her worst grade this year. For those of you looking for educational
material to use this summer Super Duper Publications is offering our readers 15% OFF any
Super Duper purchase. The Promo Code is
KSBLOG189 and expires June 30, 2013.
Tip: When using the secret
decoder make sure that you turn the switch back in the off position so that you
do not run the battery down the way we did.
Just in case you run your batteries down or lose the device you do have
a hard copy of all the answers.
decoder make sure that you turn the switch back in the off position so that you
do not run the battery down the way we did.
Just in case you run your batteries down or lose the device you do have
a hard copy of all the answers.
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You can buy these great products yourself Reading for Details $34.95, Word Families with Silly Sentences $29.95,
and What’s the Main Idea? $34.95.
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