Summary Of Hooray For Reading By Patricia Hall

The second grade male read a book called “Hooray for Reading” by Patricia Hall. The student read this book because that was the book the teacher provided. The teacher informed me that the student has read this book before, so he should be familiar with it. She suggested I use this book because it pertained to his level. The book was a level one. The student did well when reading. I noticed that the student read in a low tone voice. This made the reading hard to hear. I had to constantly ask the student to repeat himself because he was soft-spoken. I also noticed that the student did not read with expression. The student read the book with the same tone even when new characters or exclamation points were presented. The student’s error rate

The student must also focus on self- monitoring their reading. The student often substitutes words that look like each other and have the same beginning sound, but the word usually does not fit the sentence. The student’s errors are mostly visual and some syntax. It seems like the student has a problem with nouns, often getting names of people and things wrong. The strategies I will provide for this student is teaching the student how to make sense of what he has read. Providing phonetic exercises will help the student decode, pronounce, and even be able to spell new words. The student needs to ask himself and check to see if the sentence sounds and looks right. I will also teach the student to slow down and use pictures to guide his reading. Using pictures will allow him to make sense of words that are nouns. As he reads me a story and substitutes a word, I will stop him and ask him does the sentence make any sense. Then, I will advise him to use the picture, try to make sense of it and reread the sentence. Overall, the student struggles mostly with visual in reading. If the student practices the processes of decoding and blending words routinely his brain will form subconscious letter patterns and sounds in each word. Although, practice will allow him to subconsciously develop the skills necessary to solve his reading struggle, I will encourage self-monitoring, therefore, he is still aware of his mistakes that way he makes it a habit while reading to constantly ask himself does this make