PS--Franny's teacher describes her as "wonderful, artistic, and creative" (That roughly translates to "yes, your little gifted angel is working at grade level because she could give a rat's ass about grades. Don't worry about it). Isaac's teacher raved about him and called him "really something special." So that went well.
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Burrell - Nov 19, 2013 3:50:51 pm PST #6408 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
DavidS - Nov 19, 2013 5:10:53 pm PST #6409 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well done, Burrell spawn!
We had our Parent-Teacher Conference today also.
Matilda is slightly behind grade level in reading, and a bit ahead in Math. Which is basically Bizarro!JZ. (Well, JZ was way ahead verbal when she started school and never caught up in Math.)
But he obviously really likes Matilda and wasn't worried about the reading (and she does see a reading specialist several times a week as she tries to "decode" words).
Burrell - Nov 19, 2013 5:13:59 pm PST #6410 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Reading is so idiosyncratic. It takes as long as it takes. I know Franny was an almost!reader for a long long time, then a struggling reader, and then there was Harry Potter.
DavidS - Nov 19, 2013 5:44:20 pm PST #6411 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My take is that Matilda would have benefited from the pre-phonics era as she likes to sight read the word instead of sounding it out. And she just hasn't built up enough words she recognizes by sight yet.
Connie Neil - Nov 19, 2013 6:22:43 pm PST #6412 of 30002
brillig
Pre-phonics? I learned to read in the phonics age. Is phonics back in fashion?
DavidS - Nov 19, 2013 6:33:32 pm PST #6413 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is phonics back in fashion?
It never went out of fashion. It was coming IN to fashion when I was little. Which is the same time you were little.
Stephanie - Nov 19, 2013 6:34:25 pm PST #6414 of 30002
Trust my rage
Ellie's problem was also decoding. I have learned so much about *how* one learns to read.
Connie Neil - Nov 19, 2013 7:25:17 pm PST #6415 of 30002
brillig
I could have sworn phonics went out of fashion sometime in the late 70s. Maybe I'm getting it confused with New Math.
DCJensen - Nov 19, 2013 8:56:17 pm PST #6416 of 30002
All is well that ends in pizza.
Phonics > New math. Or is that < ?
le nubian - Nov 19, 2013 9:06:20 pm PST #6417 of 30002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
blood clotting 'ma for Tim!