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Hello! I would like to have some advice for my children’s reading and spelling ability.
My 11 year old son is able to read pretty much any book now but still needs lots of practice reading as he still has sounds he is still learning and needs speed. Thankfully, he is at his grade 5 level. But his comprehension on some books – especially non-fiction type books like math is growing but still needs continuous practice. He does not read many of his books as he finds it too much. I would like to have him do more, but that would lengthen our lessons longer.
My 8 year old daughter has finally starting reading this year! She is picking up reading really quickly. She is reading the Treadwell Primer now. There are obviously words/sounds she does not know but with a little teaching of sounds she is able to read through a story each day.
I have stopped the reading lessons by Charlotte Mason now with these two children. I mainly have them read daily to give them practice and for me to teach them new sounds as they continue to read. I think that is called Elocution, yes? Or is that something else? And in regards to getting my son to read his books more, how do I do this? Or do I just keep having him do reading practice everyday and once he is fluent, begin to add more and more of his books over?
Secondly, both children need lots of work spelling. Their spelling came way slower than the reading ability. Charlotte Mason says to learn words in context of their sight lessons, but with my children learning their sounds quickly while reading, that is not possible. So what should I do for spelling? We are still doing copywork and also dictation. I would really like to see some growth in their spelling in the coming months. In addition to their copywork and dictation, would it be good to do additional “reading by sound” lessons with a lower reader, which are the the spelling lessons using word families that CM recommends? And I thought of adding the words they spell incorrectly in their writing to their reading by sound lessons? Is this too much?
Thank you for your help in advance.
I like to have my kids read at a variety of levels. They might read a more challenging book (or reader) with me, then later on read a picture book or easy reader book on their own. Reading a bit below their level can build up fluency, which is what they likely need at this point. I encourage reading during school time, but don’t push it too much in their free time. I schedule in some independent reading each day. We work up to longer periods of reading…a young child might only be capable of 5-10 minutes, but an older child should be able to work up to 20 or more minutes in a sitting.
As far as spelling, 11 is about the time I saw great improvement with my DS’s spelling using Spelling Wisdom. You could introduce some of the spelling rules during their dictation study time. Find a rule that is used in their dictation passage and briefly introduce it. I think the Using Language Well does some of this for you by covering things like contractions, prefixes/suffixes, how to change from singular to plural, etc.
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