Comments on: Easy Books for Older Kids (Who Are Struggling Readers)

By: Rebecca Roman

Rebecca Roman — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:03:58 +0000

In reply to Lorin Blaver. Look on Amazon for See N Read Reading tools or color overlay book marks. Those would probably help your son keep his place while reading.

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:52:20 +0000

In reply to Lorin Blaver. I don't know of books like this -- I'm excited you found one even. I have only used things like the colored velums, Wikki Stix, rulers, and so forth to keep track of the lines. I will ask around to see if I can find more information.

By: Lorin Blaver

Lorin Blaver — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 21:09:08 +0000

Do you know of any chapter books that have lines underneath the sentences? I have found one, Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney, but cannot seem to find any more. My son struggles with skipping around and the lines seem to help keep him somewhat on track. He has dyspraxia so holding a piece of paper underneath each sentence is difficult for him to physically do. He is in 2nd grade. Thank you for any suggestions! Lorin

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 01:15:43 +0000

In reply to Tammy McCarthy.

Tammy,
What about the Scholastic Acorn line of books? https://www.scholastic.com/site/acorn.html Probably not what they want to read forever though.

By: Tammy McCarthy

Tammy McCarthy — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 19:18:03 +0000

This is great. However, I have some 5th graders who are reading around and F and P level E/F. Lexile has the BR in front of it. Any thoughts on books for these students? I’d love to find something they can read that doesn’t stick out as a “baby” book. They are pretending to read things that others are. But really they are just staring at the pages. I am recording myself reading some books for them but it would really be great if there was something out there that is low enough. Even high noon doesn’t have anything low enough for 5th graders reading that low.

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 02:15:27 +0000

In reply to Caroll. thank you so much for sharing, Caroll!

By: Caroll

Caroll — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:49:25 +0000

The Stilton books are great for kids who have tracking problems. The different size fonts and pictures on the reading line give children who struggle with following a line of words who all look the same a relief from the effort of tracking the line. May I add at an early age I don’t think there is anything wrong with following a line by putting your finger under the line to read.
Also, Reading music while playing an instrument is a good way to improve tracking.

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 21:32:43 +0000

In reply to Jennifer.

Thank you for this feedback — I’m glad you found something fun for your son’s birthday. And I appreciate the other recommendations you’ve shared. Thanks, Jennifer!!