Some Children Can’t Write What affects people’s ability to write? This question includes “what affects children’s ability to write?” May be ADHD Developmental Language Disorder (DLD); or Aspergers (first level of autism). Learning difficulties can mean Some Children Can’t Write. In this post, the theme is teachers may be able to do better. More teaching. More […]
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Reading – 3 Levels of Text Reading – 3 Levels of Text of reading materials helps parents to help their children. Each text level has a purpose. Children choose their own readers or chapter books in the classroom. They are given reading time for pleasure. Usually, this takes place first thing in the morning or […]
Mark Student’s Work It is important to Mark Student’s Work. The sooner the better. Many children do not get their school work marked by a teacher. Take this example: >>A class of Grade 5 students was given an Enquiry task. >>Some tasks were done in class and other tasks given as Home Learning. >>A science […]
Using Flash Cards, Post
Using Flash Cards Use the lists that come home from school to make your own flash cards. Or you can download the 100 Sight Words from the net that are used for Prep and Grade 1. These word lists have been used for many decades. Commonly called ‘high frequency words’ but ‘sight words’ means the […]
Bees Knees Reading Method, Post
Bee’s Knees Reading Method Teaching Early Reading – What next? Your young learner knows the letters of the alphabet and their matching sounds. Whether we call them Magic Words, Sight Words or High Frequency Words doesn’t matter. Some people claim that sight words are a bad thing. Their argument is that children learn whole words and […]
Handwriting – Improve It, Post
The 3-Point Principle is: Model the letter. Work on a couple of problem letters per week. Say: All downstrokes are straight, all upstrokes slant to the right.
Reader Sets in Primary Schools, Post
Readers can confuse because each publisher uses their own reading level codes. Levels vary between schools depending on the publisher used.
Continue Reading...Enquiry Tasks Have Pitfalls, Science
I agree with Professor John Hattie when he says that Enquiry sounds terrific and that the logic of Enquiry learning is well argued. The evidence, however, indicates that it is introduced too early.
Continue Reading...Teaching Grade 3 Literacy, Post
Read the text twice with your child. The first reading is for decoding. The second is for comprehension. A learner-reader cannot be expected to decode and comprehend well on one reading.
Creative Writing – Steps, Post
Think of a hamburger. The bread on the bottom is the introduction. The bread at the top is your conclusion. The meat, the salad and the cheese are the paragraphs in between.