I sort of know what it is, sounds in words right?
DS (just started y2) has been given a 'phonics' work book combined with a spellings book. The front cover is labelled 'spellings', and the back cover labelled 'phonics'. In the spellings section there are about 10 simple words written by him and ticked by the teacher - great so that's his spelling test, fine, I get that bit.
But then in the 'phonics' section of the book on the first page there is a printed grid with the typed words the, I, go, to, no, into, and then listed he, she, me, we, be, was.
In the front cover is a printed note to parents about "Phonics Book" and how the children will write words containing phonemes in their books, and please help your child spell these words and find more examples to add to the lists.
I don't geddit, - or have they just not started this bit yet hence I can't really see what i'm supposed to be doing, or, or, or have they stuck the grid in the wrong end of the book, perhaps these are his spellings? (seem a bit too simple for this though)
I don't want to let him down by not helping him, but apart from the spellings I can't see what I'm supposed to be doing with him..
I'm panicking aren't I ?
[they didn't do it like this in my day]
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Join our Primary Education forum to discuss starting school and helping your child get the most out of it.
Primary education
Ok, what's all this phonemes stuff then? [thicko emoticon]
16 replies
ConstanceNoring · 19/09/2011 12:37
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.