Candy's Excitement Did Not Last Long

            Candy thought that reading was going to be easy because 

            during this early stage of her reading instruction, Candy had  

            been given a limited set of "whole words to memorize."

           These whole words were easy for her to read because they
           were repeated over and over and over and over and over and

           over again in her reading book and because there was usually

           a picture of the main character someplace on the page.

               Unfortunately Candy's excitement did not last long.

           Even though Candy looked forward to two recesses each
           day and even though she was glad that her mother paid
           for her to receive an extra bottle of milk each morning, Candy
           experienced more and more frustration in her reading circle.

           During her reading group time, Candy frantically began to
           "look ahead" to the words she knew she would be expected
           to know. She looked ahead "frantically" because the list of
           whole words she had to remember was getting longer.

           It was getting harder and harder for Candy to remember so
           many whole words.
 
                  Candy knew she was slowing down her group,
                  but she just couldn’t remember all the words.

           For example, the whole words though and through looked
           almost exactly the same. When Candy looked at those two
           words, she thought to herself:

                    "Which is which? Those words look so much
                     alike. They both start with the same letter,
                     and they are both shaped the same."

           When she couldn't read a word in front of the group,
           Candy would sometimes cry. She became more and more
           fearful as her reading group time approached.

Candy was beginning to believe

there was something wrong  with her!

 
           Eventually, her teacher told Candy’s mother that Candy’s
           "reading skills" had fallen way behind.

           Soon, Candy was instructed to walk to a little white

           building just behind the playground.  The building was

           called "the Cottage."

              I WANT TO STOP FOR A MINUTE AND TELL YOU

  THAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT TO TAKE A TURN FOR THE GOOD.

 
              
             To read the conclusion of this TRUE story click here.

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