What to make of results? Phonemic awareness/memory - 11/29/14 10:54 PM
Hi all,
I'd really appreciate any thoughts I could get on this.
Long story short, I was in a reading intervention program for rhyming and initial consonants for a little while (I think it was just a few weeks or so, not sure, maybe longer, don't know much about them) when I was in Kindergarten, and I just read that phonemic awareness upon entering school is one of the greatest indicators of later ability. Thing is, I feel like my educational snapshot defies this...
At 6, according to report cards, I was a fluent reader, applied phonetic skills, understood written text and grasped new vocabulary. At 7, the TerraNova clocked me at the 97th percentile for reading while everything else was average. At 9, because I decided I could finish an assignment faster if I skipped the passages and just answered the questions, the teacher thought I couldn't read and had me tested.
I was nearly 3 grades ahead.
At 18, after I scored in the 98th percentile for reading on my GED (I was homeschooled from 7th on and didn't care about school, skipping 12th altogether), I was diagnosed as gifted in reading (above 18.0) and writing (15.6) along with a working memory disorder (13th percentile).
(I've had people tell me that because of the point spread (86-138) that my IQ shouldn't even have been calculated, but that was 102.)
I still have the papers I did for blends and consonants and rhymes and they're 98% correct, and I remember always raising my hand in that class and having to force myself to give the other kids a chance to answer.
What I'm wondering is, were the teachers wrong about me, or should I just chalk this up to my memory disorder or a skill gap? Teachers always said on reports how fluent and strong of a reader I was, and the two just don't seem to mesh for me. If I really was struggling, why are my scores so extreme? I've always felt that reading's come easily to me.
If it helps, I have always struggled with defining predicates, pronouns, nouns and adverbs. The only thing I know is a verb. In some ways my knowledge of that kind of stuff is very spotty.
Oh, and I assume I'm considered 2e?
Thanks so much for your time.
I'd really appreciate any thoughts I could get on this.
Long story short, I was in a reading intervention program for rhyming and initial consonants for a little while (I think it was just a few weeks or so, not sure, maybe longer, don't know much about them) when I was in Kindergarten, and I just read that phonemic awareness upon entering school is one of the greatest indicators of later ability. Thing is, I feel like my educational snapshot defies this...
At 6, according to report cards, I was a fluent reader, applied phonetic skills, understood written text and grasped new vocabulary. At 7, the TerraNova clocked me at the 97th percentile for reading while everything else was average. At 9, because I decided I could finish an assignment faster if I skipped the passages and just answered the questions, the teacher thought I couldn't read and had me tested.
I was nearly 3 grades ahead.
At 18, after I scored in the 98th percentile for reading on my GED (I was homeschooled from 7th on and didn't care about school, skipping 12th altogether), I was diagnosed as gifted in reading (above 18.0) and writing (15.6) along with a working memory disorder (13th percentile).
(I've had people tell me that because of the point spread (86-138) that my IQ shouldn't even have been calculated, but that was 102.)
I still have the papers I did for blends and consonants and rhymes and they're 98% correct, and I remember always raising my hand in that class and having to force myself to give the other kids a chance to answer.
What I'm wondering is, were the teachers wrong about me, or should I just chalk this up to my memory disorder or a skill gap? Teachers always said on reports how fluent and strong of a reader I was, and the two just don't seem to mesh for me. If I really was struggling, why are my scores so extreme? I've always felt that reading's come easily to me.
If it helps, I have always struggled with defining predicates, pronouns, nouns and adverbs. The only thing I know is a verb. In some ways my knowledge of that kind of stuff is very spotty.
Oh, and I assume I'm considered 2e?
Thanks so much for your time.