A moment to announce another milestone: Jon, currently in Grade 5 starts into the 480-page Grade 4 reader, having zoomed through his last 200+ page reader in under three months.
With each reader the text size grows smaller and denser, and Jon is still keeping up. His first-time sight reading is actually improving. He reads every day with his teacher, and has another session with me after school. I will admit I have photocopied the book up to 120%, simply because Jon’s eyes (read “visual cortex”) are tired by the end of the day.
We keep expecting that at some point he will have to start to use his CCTV—a high tech magnifier—to read. But somehow, this kid who has issues with processing visual edges continues to amaze us. I no longer bother to wonder how he can see the letters, and now the word chunks.
This evening while brushing his teeth he read the tiny 8pt type on the fan timer switch.
Go, Jon, go.
Thanks again to Tami, who believed us when we said we had started him on reading, and she got him on the program that has taken him to this point. And thanks also to Mrs. Gallo, who is keeping the ball rolling, maybe even accelerating now.
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Elizabeth says:
February 22, 2007 at 9:41 am (UTC 0)
Most excellent news!
Go Jon–don’t settle for limits imposed by others’ expectations!
(P.S. — That is one spectacularly cute dog!)
Tami says:
February 25, 2007 at 2:16 pm (UTC 0)
Wow, that’s great Jon! Keep up the good work. As always I am so proud of you!
Tami
PS I loved the quick time show of you and Photon. It’s nice to hear you laugh!