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Janepig

marisco wrote: »

Your son is doing very well to be off the reading schemes and a free reader. The fact that he cant predict what may happen in stories, or pick up on a characters feelings would make me question how thoroughly past teachers have tested how secure his comprehension of text is. This is a fundamental part of learning as children work through the levelled books.

I was a really good reader as a child, and at the age of six or seven was reading books for much older ages than that, but when I look back, I don't really think I understood what I was reading about, even though I could zip through them because I could read the words with no problem.

Jx

mountainofdebt

I can't quote it but you've given an example of a man wearing a blue shirt against a description of a man wearing a pale blue shirt with shiny buttons.

Sorry but that sounds like any man I know - I think its a female trait that states specific colours (such like pale blue as opposed to blue iyswim) .

No wonder the poor kid gets frustrated if that's the level of detail they want from a 6yr old

MadDogWoman_2

ecgirl07 wrote: »

what about number?

No numeracy sent home, all done in school.

I prefer it is done in school as teaching methods are so different to how I was taught.

My DD is the driver at home re learning, if she wants to do some maths she'll ask me to write her some sums out. We also play maths games on the laptop.

It works as her favourite game is playing teacher with her toys.

At the moment all she is getting is 2 books for the week as they want the children to read the books more than once, so that they can build their comprehension not just reading the words.

I think spellings will start after half term as this half they have been working out their levels which will enable them to be grouped.

When she does get her spellings we will write them twice the rest of the week it will be done verbally at random times, which she enjoys as no stress as if she gets it wrong I tell her the correct one and move on.

Spendless

esmy wrote: »

Oh are they the Biff and Chip ones? Are they still going??! They were pronounced 'stupid' by DD but were read, if in the most bored voice she could muster! (DD mentioned is now 23 with an English degree)..

I agree with her! I remember at a parents evening in yr 4, showing DS teacher the reading book he had at home (Roald Dahl's Matilda) and his school reading book. They were poles apart, which is why DS didn't want to read every single book in that level before being allowed to move on to the next. As I put it, it would be like the librarian insisting I wasn't allowed to take out Charles Dickens or The Brontes unless I'd read all Enid Blyton first. Teacher didn't agree, so at that point I gave up and told DS he could read anything he liked at home and if he didn't officially move up any levels at school then so be it. After the early reluctance to read, I wasn't putting him off more. When he moved into yr 5 and had a new teacher she didn't have the same view.

Janepig

Most of DS's reading books from school (even the fiction ones) have been about bugs and pirates and stuff like that which he's enjoyed. I don't recall DD having those sorts of books so I can only imagine that the school have cottoned on to the fact that boys and girls like different subject matter, even at a young age!

Jx

Poppy9

Janepig wrote: »

I was a really good reader as a child, and at the age of six or seven was reading books for much older ages than that, but when I look back, I don't really think I understood what I was reading about, even though I could zip through them because I could read the words with no problem.

Jx

DD was taken off the reading scheme quite early into Y1 and put on the junior reading scheme. She gradually became reluctant to "do her reading" and when I asked why it was because the books didn't have colour pictures in to go with the story! Told her teacher and decided it was best DD chose her own reading book from the school library.

DD remained a dedicated reader till she hit 12/3 when all hobbies, activities etc. were dumped. She became a teen and discovered hanging around parks, MSN, facebook etc. and no longer picked up a book aside from for her GCSE English!

Finally at the age of 18 after A levels over she opened up the Hunger book trilogy I had bought her for Xmas last year and read book one in a day and remarked how she missed reading!

I'm an obsessive reader and totally ignorant and won't put the book down or talk. I'm also obsessed with characters ages in book (or newspaper articles) and have to work it out. So annoying when they put the age at the end of the article and I've wasted brain cells calculating!

peachyprice

double_mummy wrote: »

have not thought of autism or aspergers as he has always been advanced and will express emotion but cant describe it so i didnt really think it fitted

double_mummy wrote: »

nope no dyslexia is an amazing reader and is currently reading harry potter and james and the giant peach he reads aloud so i know hes not just skimming through them

He sounds very much like my eldest son. He just has no imagination when it comes to story writing or even art that requires any imagination. He's very very bright when it comes to maths though, and also science, history, geography, anything that is facts and figures. He can draw very well if you put something in front of him and tell him to draw it but if you say to him make up an imaginary creature he just can't do it.

There is absolutely no sign of aspergers/autism/dyslexia etc in him either, I think too many people throw that about at the slightest sign of anything that isn't standard in a child. Some children just don't have an imagination, doesn't mean there's anything wrong.

LoLo

Double Mummy, I have exactly the same issues with my son. I believe he has aspergers however am told whilst he has traits, there is not enough for a diagnosis.
My son will do his homework but will not expand and cannot make changes if they are needed. It is fact but he will not include his own opinions or anything.
Recently he had homework asking for 4 examples of good behaviour and he literally wrote 4 words. I've asked the teacher to think carefully about the wording of the homework but so far it's still the same.
I have been fighting this for a number of years and so hope you have a better outcome than I have.

AlexLK

For a six year old to not be able to describe emotions or have empathy, there is something wrong. I would be seeking a referral to a specialist.

hollydays

As a grandma now, I remember reading this about my son " this child is unable to do homework" . There was some suggestion he was dyspraxic , but it wasn't pursued. In honesty, the school he went to was poor and only cared about kids with football skills, there were some bullying issues there, and a head teacher who would say whatever it took to keep the school out of the education authorities scrutiny.H he's now a successful young man who's is a well paid salesman who does well because people LIKE him because he's genuine and honest, though has some problems with organization, has a girlfriend , good friends, and likes to travel, and he is capitalizing on his good points-his likability AND HIS UNDOUBTED INTELLIGENCE. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, it's what makes us human.