Teaching Remedial Students A remedial student needs to be
continually reassured that they are not stupid, they are smart;
their troubles are the fault of the method used to teach them to
read, not anything they have done. They need to read a lot of
nonsense words. This helps eliminate guessing--they will never
be able to guess a fake word! The phonics lessons use nonsense
words. "We All Can Read" also has nonsense words and is good for
remedial students. 40L's Language Lessons are also a form of
nonsense words. Other good methods for remedial students are "Rx
for Reading, Teach Them Phonics," "Back on the Right Track
Reading Lessons," or free online at Don Potter's Education Page,
Remedial Reading Drills by Hegge-Kirk-Kirk. Don Potter has
recently had great success with his remedial students using
Blend Phonics. You should follow Blend Phonics with 40L's online
phonics lessons, "Rx for Reading, Teach Them Phonics," or The
American Spelling Book by Noah Webster. This famous and
effective bnook is also know as