[MOSAIC] Repeated Readings for Fluency - Question for Elaine and Tim

[Bonita DeAmicis]

I remember once experiencing a book for special education that had a very comprehensive index with a thinking about instruction chart (called something else) that listed out problems and then steps to proper diagnosis of cause and then appropriate classroom modifications for each cause.

I am wondering, after reading Elaine's thoughts below, whether such a resource exists anywhere for reading issues.  I recognize that there is never one remedy nor one cause, but it would be helpful to have such a diagnostic and instructional tool.  Has anyone seen or heard of such an instrument for reading issues?

Just wondering.
:)Bonita DeAmicis
California, Gr.5


> I'm curious too about how he sounds when he speaks. Is he flat and 
> atonal (some people are)-- and actually speak with little expression. 
> I'm really troubled by his lack of use of punctuation. Does he use 
> punctuation when he's writing? How was he taught before you got him? 
> You can model reading a page without punctuation and then again with 
> punctuation so that he sees the purpose of it. I also don't let kids 
> skip punctuation and stop them then and there and have them reread. I 
> don't know if that's wrong or right, but it seems to work. I can't 
> stand the thought of reinforcing a really dangerous habit in skipping 
> punctuation.
> What do the rest of you think? I believe to really come up with 
> possible suggestions, we need to know 1) how he speaks-- if he's flat 
> and expressionless in oral language, 2) how he writes (if he uses 
> punctuation in his writing-- if he does, good. You can then use that as 
> a wedge/entree into using it in his reading. If not, then we need to 
> get him to understand why punctuation is more than just something there 
> to complain about when it's skipped, perhaps by using his own writing 
> to demonstrate the importance of punctuation 3) does he understand that 
> reading is about meaning? If not, you need to start there, perhaps by 
> using his own writing.

> When we have a child like this in clinic, I literally stay awake at 
> night pondering the options and thinking of books to hook him with. 
> Tim-- what do you think? Would you agree with the questions and 
> possible approaches? Now this is going to be haunting me. Elaine