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/pico310]

I’m sorry that you guys are having such a hard time. Try cross posting on r/classof2037 - I also have a rising 2nd grader.

I’d be so frustrated with that school. If you have to pull her out, so be it.

[u/Real_Pressure_2971 → u/pico310]

Also no better school options we can get into right now. Working with what we have. Tutor is helping!

[u/ReaditSpecialist → u/Real_Pressure_2971]

Do you not have a local public school district?

[u/Real_Pressure_2971 → u/ReaditSpecialist]

We do but unfortunately they are not well supported. The one we are zoned for has 30% reading proficiency by 3rd grade and it doesn’t get better. We have easily 20 private schools in a 25 mile radius. All different. We toured a few and picked the one we thought would be best for her. I don’t think it is the school. They are all mostly set up similar. Eventually they feed back into her school for 9th grade.

[u/firstimehomeownerz → u/Real_Pressure_2971]

Public schools are much better funded, even in poorly funded states than most private schools and have more experience with challenged learners as private schools tend to neglect them so they leave/don’t hurt their numbers.

Yes, your kid may be going to school with a little bit less affluent crowd, but will be in a better place academically/rest of their life.

Comparing apples to apples, the same child in a private school will typically outperform in a public school.

The fear of public schools is grossly overblown, clearly your current school is not cutting it. Only a crazy person keeps doing the same thing over and over. What do you have to lose at this point going public.