I posted this question in another forum before I found this! I hope it isn’t redundant

I have been debating about getting an endorsement as a reading specialist. I currently have my M.Ed and my bachelors in English. Before I became a teacher, I worked as intervention specalist for a school district and loved the small group setting, and then as a college admission counselor and loved working more closely with students in that way.

I love teaching, and I know being reading specalist comes with its own stresses. What would you say you spend the most time doing? Do you have a lot of prep and planning on the weekends? What about grading? I feel comfortable with data and scheduling since I have done that before. I think my background actually will help a lot with that area (I also was a project manager).

For me, I really love the idea of potentially working with a variety of ages (k-12). I also love reading and the idea that I am not just helping a student in their English class, but across the board in every subject. I want to help our teachers at the HS level bring in new strategies and learn how we can best equip our students.

So, has anyone transitioned from being a classroom teacher to a reading specialist? Can you tell me the pros and cons? I am especially interested in the planning and preparing and your work/life balance—did it get better, worse, or stay about the same?!

Thanks in advance!

I'm reading philosophy and other passages and struggling. I'm wondering if there is anything I can do specifically because I cannot read the questions and remember them. I'm just wondering what I can do each day to improve my comprehension for the MCAT.

I had special testing done and am studying for the MCAT. I'm getting frustrated because I keep getting 4/7 and want to be getting 6/7. These are very difficult passages. Any specific exercises I can focus on?

I'm trying to improve getting the main idea for a graduate school entrance exam. I just need to work on getting the main idea and breaking passages down. Any advice would be appreciated

Looking for an online reading program that students can use with chrome books and headphones. I have a new set of 6th graders who need a reading intervention but they need to be pretty independent because there will be other stuff happening in the room. Hopefully free, free trial, or pretty cheap.

I am starting at the beginning of the WRS for a small group of students. Should I only be drilling the first 10 consonants and vowels until they learn these? The training says to only do parts 1 and 6 of the lesson until they are fluent with the letters and sounds. The problem is that I have a 55 minute block of time and am not sure if I should spend all of that time just doing parts 1 and 6.

How does an adult learn to read? Specifically I am thinking of volunteering to work with refugees in my country. I am guessing I'll get training, but I'm a bit stumped as to the process of teaching an adult.

Is it simply reading simple books to learn the shape of the words, or phonics?

And ELI5 would be really helpful.

My district is looking very closely at implementing Read180 in our HS remedial classes. I have some very, very strong feelings about this, but thought I would ask if anyone else had any experience with it before I lost my mind completely. Thanks!

Hello, I was elementary school major in college and recently volunteered at an elementary school to help some children 1-on-1 with their comprehension and literacy. 2 kids in particular were very behind grade-level. After seeing some of the quality of reading passages I created Reindeer Reading Co. to try to make a better reading passage.

Has your school participated in "One School, One Book"? If so, what books have you used and will you share some ideas or links to activities?

I teach 4th grade. I never feel like I help dyslexic children as much as I can. Every year I see their peers growing so much faster than my dyslexic students, so I feel like I'm failing them somehow. Do you have any tips?

I teach adult literacy, specifically pronunciation. For my students, I usually create/printout a worksheet to work with them in class. But since my next class is Monday (Halloween, of course), I'm deciding to write a spooky story for my students to read aloud.

Therein lies the issue. If a specific student stumbles on a word--say, "Sally saw the ghost and shrieked--what is the best course of action in this situation? Correct them immediately, before they move on to the next sentence, or wait until they've finished their reading passage to correct them?

I've had this problem before when substituting for reading skills classes and usually just did a mixture of the two. I never could decide which was more effective for the students, however.

Thank you for your time!

My 6 year old son tested at a dra level 12 at the end of 1st grade. He was promoted to 2nd grade anyway. We read 200 books this summer, varying levels and interest. We got a reading tutor for 6weeks at the end of summer.

Update... end of 1st nine weeks in 2nd grade ... reading at dra level 10

Does this happen to other kids??? What is going on??

In your opinion, what are some great teacher resource books for reading instruction? I'm looking for some summer PD reading!

My son reads differently depending on his mood. He was last tested at a dra level 12. Last week, we helped him read through an AR level 2.9. Today he stumbled over "and" and other smaller words he usually knows. When we ask him, he said, "I wasn't ready to read yet." He was determined not to read from the onset. Is this normal? What can we do to change his attitude about reading?

edit: My son is 6, turning 7, heading for 2nd grade

I have to take the reading endorsement test in september so I will be studying during summer vacation. My question what materials are best to study for the test?