My little sister has difficulty reading. What should I do?

Question

In the fifth grade, my sister still has difficulty sounding out simple words. This has been a trouble of hers since she was first learning how to read, and hasn't been improving since then.

My parents, on occasion, tell her to go to her room and read for an hour. However, they never test her on the material or anything. Also, she is in reading classes, yet her report card still shows that it is an area of concern.

Whenever I ask her to read a page out loud to me, she stumbles over simple words, instead just saying a word that comes to her mind that she is familiar with but is far from being the word on the page. I think that her problem is that she too quickly skims the word and just goes with whatever she thinks of. Whenever I try to break her of this habit, telling her to go back and sound the word out piece by piece, she still can't get it. That or she becomes too frustrated to even try.

My parents aren't of any help, not taking her to other programs that could help her. I try my best, but as illustrated above, there seems to be little that I can do.

What do you suggest that I do? Is there anything that I have yet to try that could possibly help her out? She is about to head into middle school where she will need to read novels for classes, but when she can't make her way through a Laura Ingalls Wilder book, I fear that the worst has yet to come for her.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Your parents are choosing to just ignore the problem. What I would do if I were you (because your sister is crazy about you and would love to spend more time with you!) is set a time every day when she will read aloud to you. You can sit beside her and listen. If she makes a mistake, point it out so she will get it right next time. You are right about the worst fear, she is a girl heading to be a dropout. Please help her. She will always remember how nice you were to help her.

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Answer 2

Have her read to u everyday and correct her mistakes

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Answer 3

hello,
my older sister has a.d.d
and reading for her sorta hard as well.
but she has LRC and aids in school who help her, and now shes really good at reading
ask your parents to go to her school and ask for that help?

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Answer 4

make a game up that is fun and helps her with her reading

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