Help for 3rd grade reading troubles

Teachers are soft-hearted. They will say your child will catch up. Research says you have to help. Do not panic. I have books (at bottom) and you can start today: 

(Tip: quit stopping to sound out. Tell your child unknown words; best to build comprehension.)

One: Be sure your child is instant with b, d, g, p, q. You may already know your child confuses b / d  or  p / q / g when reading words. Let's look at that problem.

Give your child a pencil and paper. Tell your child to try to spell the words you are going to say.  Avoid stress for your child - you are only looking at the underlined letter - ignore the others. Words: saber, harbor, harder, tread, cupboard, ragged, kinder, tried, snagged.

A child that confuses letters must get instant with b / d and p / q / g within words. 

When you are cooking or cleaning - give your child pencil and paper to print the words you are going to say. 

Start with b and stick with it. Use a dictionary or story; say 6 words a day: b at the start, b in the middle. And buy used books - Goodwill & ARC -  for your child to circle the letters you tell him to circle - find and circle b - have your child show you what he circled. Then move on to d, then p / q.  (Note: Qq says kw: quiz, quick, quest.)

Two: Get a list of the 1st 100 sight words - target one word at a time. Ask your child to circle the word in a used book and show you. Put the list on the frig - have your child put a star beside each learned word. Review his known words every day & add two new words. Then get the 2nd 100 sight word list.  All sight word lists are the same and in the same order. Your school may call it: Snap, Instant Words, High Frequency, etc. (Download sight words or buy my books which include a list of the 1st 300.)

Three: Use my search box - top left corner - put in: backward b, then working memory, then high school reading (to see a quick comprehension method for every age.) 

Comprehension: Schools to do not stress comprehension with the troubled reader but that is where my books start. All of my books show your child how to immediately get a strong connection to comprehension. Surprisingly, this tool makes everything else easier.

I now use eBay as my website. Search Instant Reading Help all my books will come up for you. All are brand new and include my contact info; email or call for help.

Write me with questions, I will help you. Mary Maisner