ge, gi, gy say j: reading help

Did you see that giant gerbil?

Letter teams ge, gi, gy usually say the j sound. Notice in a word like gi gan tic; there are two different sounds for g:

gerbil        legend          edge       page

gentle       emergency   ledge    outrage

  

       

giant           giraffe        magic        cringe

gigantic      engine        magician   twinge

gym     gymnasium    gypsy   Egypt   energy    apology    technology    strategy 

Try:

angel               danger              courage           suggest           surgery         urgent         logic        

hedgehog       dangerous         courageous     exaggerate      surgeon        urgency      logical

Listen to yourself say the sounds of g in suggest sug jest and exaggerate iks aj er at.

In about thirty words ge and gi say the g sound of go: get, forget, gear, girl, give, forgive, giggle, gift, geeko, geese and tiger, anger, eager. 

Help your child realize our ABCs often work in teams. Also be alert that your child knows the g symbol in print can look like g or g. Arial font g or Times New Roman font g. I am naming the fonts because this Google blog may self-correct. I do not know what you will see.

I have books you might like to use to strengthen your child's skills. I use ebay as my website. Search Instant Reading Help. All my books will pop up. All are brand new and include my contact info; email or call for help. Have fun reading with your child. Thank you, Mary Maisner

Should my child repeat 2nd Grade?

Such a tough question; no parent wants to hear it. One out of three struggling readers has college graduate parents. Whether or not you decide to have your child repeat, start today: use my search box - top left corner - put in backward b and download it. 

Then put into my search box working memory.  Put in how the brain learns to read.

All children getting a slow start are ambushed by exactly the same lessons. Your child is beyond the grade level at which these lessons are taught. 

You are going to need to help your child or hire a personal tutor to teach my book. (One-on-one tutoring, not group tutoring. You have been warned by your school, please realize you want to turn this situation around for your child and yourself. You want to help your child be in control of skilled reading by this time next year.)

Reading tip: Quit stopping to sound out. Stopping breaks the short-term memory, causing all gathered meaning to drop away. Everyone's brain works this same way. Tell your child the unknown word and encourage your child to keep reading. This is will reap much better results.

Fifteen minutes a day will be enough time for a good lesson.   I use ebay as my website. Search Instant Reading Help all my books will pop up for you. All my books come with my contact info, email or call for help.

Best wishes, Mary Maisner

Should my child repeat 1st Grade?

One out of three struggling readers has college graduate parents. 

Research is clear that children who are not in control of 1st Grade reading skills will have a very hard time catching up because new lessons never stop coming and the basic skills are not in place to help the child.

Reality is that a small set of letters and sight words must become instant; a child is going to stumble around forever without these lessons. The child cannot help himself; reading is a code that must be taught.

Whether or not you decide to repeat 1st Grade, start today:  use my search box- top left corner - put in backward b, then working memory, then how the brain learns to read.   Your child depends on you - my letter rules are not taught in school - your child needs these specific letter rules.

Download the 1st 100 sight words (my books include the 1st 300).  Take your child to a used bookstore (Goodwill, ARC, etc). Get whatever books appeal to your child. Ask your child to find and circle the 1st sight word - the. Work down the sight word list.

Tip: quit stopping to sound out words, tell your child any unknown word, have your child keep reading. Stopping breaks the short-term memory, thus all comprehension is lost.

Instead, show your child how to keep reading using the words he does know. At the end of the page, you ask questions - what is happening on the page, who did what, etc. Then go back to unknown words. Help your child figure them out or tell your child the words. Many words cannot be sounded out. In a few weeks, this method will reap great rewards.

Some parents and children do not work well together - this is common. Get my book and hire a private tutor (not a group tutor or tutor company). You want your child to be in control of skilled reading by this time next year.

I use ebay as my website. Search Instant Reading Help all my books will come up. You do not have to use my books but get a book from somewhere to give you support and structure. 

My books include my contact info, email or call for help. Best wishes, Mary Maisner