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Subject: The Golden Rule

Author:
Carmen

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Date Posted: 06:21:46 11/01/11 Tue

This rule has worked extremely well for Joe. I start the reading, and before I finish the third sentence he interrupts me to ask if he can read the next word. I allow him to continue, and he progresses through the sentence until he looks at a word that is difficult. I observe his facial expressions that reveal the look of disappointment and frustration that he cannot read the word to me. I know from experience that his facial expression eventually turns to one of anger. Before this stage is reached I say the word for him, and prompt him to read the next word, taking care to keep the words flowing, and the story moving. This certainly maintained his interest and stimulated his imagination. His facial expression was now one of excitement.
After three evenings of reading this way it became a routine that Joe looked forward to. He places his book open on his bedside table, ready for our storybook reading Joe reads the shorter words and I read the longer complicated words after a pause of about a second. To encourage learning I suggest that next time it is his turn to read the book and I would help with the words he did not know.

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