Comments on: Question about a “literacy skill builder”? http://www.literacynews.com/2009/10/question-about-a-literacy-skill-builder/ Helping People Learn to Read Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:19:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: busymom http://www.literacynews.com/2009/10/question-about-a-literacy-skill-builder/comment-page-1/#comment-2977 busymom Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:37:25 +0000 http://www.literacynews.com/2009/10/question-about-a-literacy-skill-builder/#comment-2977 Any skill builder is to be used only when the child has sufficient practice/mastery in that area to move on. You can use specific skill builders to re-enforce concepts that need extra practice, but I would not get hung up on grade levels. If you use a book simply because of "grade level", the child may not grasp the material if he/she did not learn the previous concepts adequately. On the other hand if he/she is further along it would be a waste of time, and you may need to use a higher level of skill builder.. Any skill builder is to be used only when the child has sufficient practice/mastery in that area to move on.

You can use specific skill builders to re-enforce concepts that need extra practice, but I would not get hung up on grade levels.

If you use a book simply because of “grade level”, the child may not grasp the material if he/she did not learn the previous concepts adequately.
On the other hand if he/she is further along it would be a waste of time, and you may need to use a higher level of skill builder..

]]> By: hsmomlovinit http://www.literacynews.com/2009/10/question-about-a-literacy-skill-builder/comment-page-1/#comment-2976 hsmomlovinit Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:33:38 +0000 http://www.literacynews.com/2009/10/question-about-a-literacy-skill-builder/#comment-2976 Yes, it's a 6th/7th/8th grade "bridge" curriculum. It's used both in pull-out tutoring classes (after school or free-period type situations) and during the summer to help students retain their skills so they don't have to go through the month-long review at the beginning of the next school year. Yes, it’s a 6th/7th/8th grade “bridge” curriculum. It’s used both in pull-out tutoring classes (after school or free-period type situations) and during the summer to help students retain their skills so they don’t have to go through the month-long review at the beginning of the next school year.

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