Reading and Writing Programme

Charmaine is currently reading P&J Book 6B. She is progressing in her reading ability.

Last Sat 31 July we went to Mind Champ for reading assessment.

Here is the result and the Mind Champ consultant's feed back about her ability:

We have agreed to "stretch" Charmaine little bit more since she has the foundation of reading. We like to place her in Panda A (Intermediate) instead of Joey B. This is due to Charmaine able to read some high frequency words, books level 1, 2. In Panda A and B, she will be reading at least level 1-8 books. Upon graduation, Charmaine will be able to:- Has build the interest of reading - Read with fluency- Know the sounds and names of all the letters of the alphabet- Learn correct letter formation and develop penmanship- Verbally retell stories and verbally compose own stories- Demonstrate comprehension of texts using extensive spoken vocabulary- Produce simple writing about personal experiences using correct grammar and punctuation - Respond to questions and contribute confidently to discuss about the texts.

Though the programme itselfs sounds fantastic, I still find that it does not explain much about their approach and curriculum.

I do recognize Charmaine lacks of comprehension. Either she is lazy to think / think out of the box or she is less confident as to compare to her elder sister, Bebeth.

This encourages me to put more efforts in teaching her everything, especially Phonics, Reading or Math or Music. Her approach should be different....in order for me to pass the teaching accross, repetition might be the best and suitable for her. When she understands the lesson or books/ stories, she will be more confident and therefore she will be more interested in learning more. That's her, Charmaine.

She has a weak point in voicing out her mind/idea. Sometimes i really do not know what to do in forcing her to speak up her mind. Especially when she gets angry, she will be totally quiet and gives a very long face.