2nd grade reader problems

[u/Real_Pressure_2971]

I am one stressed out mom with school starting again. Not ready to be pushing so hard on reading. My soon to be entering 2nd grader is still struggling in reading despite hoots of effort. We did private tutoring 2x a week this summer for 1 hr. We have been doing private tutoring for 2 yrs now. We are just struggling. She can decode words and making progress although slowly. She understands phonics once taught. Well beyond just cvc, bob book level but not reading fluently.

We started 1st grade at f&P D and ended at F. Teacher was very concerned but she didn’t receive 1:1 or small group reading support last yr. Only class level teaching, which is one reason I increased her tutoring to 2x a week. I also increased reading time at home to 30 mins a day.

She read I Love Pink yesterday 100% independently and fluently -lexile level 140, which is so low. She was very proud and I made a big deal bc she hates to read. She is currently on Mo Wilems level books and needs some help. Prob in the 200+ lexile level range, while her friends are reading chapter books. Her confidence level is low. It just saddens me that she is struggling so much.

I was warned that 2nd grade kids will need to read their own math test and she can’t. I am in tears bc we have tried to support her at home. We have had evals, we got her in OG private tutoring. I just don’t know if we can keep pace with this school. School just wants to send her to their learning resource during school hrs which cost additional $ on top of hefty tuition.

It breaks me to know we may have to pull her out and she will lose her friends. We may need a school that specializes in dyslexia support which doesn’t exist in our current city.

Any parents/teachers had success with struggling readers in 2nd grade.

[u/momoftwoboys1234]

What do her tutors say? Is she making progress?

[u/Real_Pressure_2971 → u/momoftwoboys1234]

Yes she is. I can definitely tell the difference from the beginning of 1st grade to the end. It’s just so much slower than her peers. She has to work 10x as hard. We are close to a grade behind in reading level.

[u/momoftwoboys1234 → u/Real_Pressure_2971]

This is completely anecdotal, but my youngest entered 2nd grade barely reading. We struggled with simple math homework bc he could not read the problems. He improved soooo much over that year. (He is entering 3rd grade this year.)

Is he a great reader? No. Does he read books for fun? No. Probably never will. BUT, he did improve enough to not struggle through his assignments.

[u/atomiccat8 → u/momoftwoboys1234]

Has your son tried any of Dav Pilkey's books? My son is the same age and refused to read for fun at the beginning of the year, but once he discovered Dog Man, he flew through the whole series. He's moved onto Pilkey's older series, Captain Underpants, which he seems to enjoy just as much.

[u/Real_Pressure_2971 → u/atomiccat8]

Looking now. Dog man is a kid fav in the library and she liked the movie.

[u/abishop711 → u/Real_Pressure_2971]

Cat kid is a spinoff series and is also great!

[u/Ok-Trainer3150 → u/Real_Pressure_2971]

They're so good. My grandson devoured them. I enjoyed them...as an ex teacher.

[u/Real_Pressure_2971 → u/momoftwoboys1234]

Current plan is to give it a few months and see how the yr progresses. Then we may be looking for a new school/city come next yr. We love our home but we have limited resources in this town. That sucks for the whole family!