Ds really struggles with spelling when writing stories.
He passed his phonics screening last year. We have also done Apple and Pears since last year, although not regularly (his reluctance sometimes and my letting it slide), so we are only on book 2. He is fine in the single word context and appreciates the 'rules' but this doesn't translate into his written work.
When writing a story he basically writes exactly what he hears/ thinks of immediately,which is the nearest to the sounds he thinks he is hearing.
Treasure = Trecher
Climbed =Cliemed
Scared = Skered
Through = Froo
Sailed = Saialld
Couldn't = Cudent
I know he has been learning the alternative spellings for the sounds in phonics lessons , but he isn't applying them.
He has been writing several stories enthusiastically at home(based on lego he builds into a story then draws), then hands it to me to correct his spelling in red pen - he won't correct it himself or let me help whilst he is writing and isn't worried about the words he spells incorrectly.
Whilst I am happy he is writing, he seems to forget everything else in his eagerness to put pencil to paper with his ideas.
He has also become fond of using connectives to start sentences and litters his work with lots of short sentences. I presume this comes from being told at school to use full stops and connectives and somewhere along the way the two have come together.
He is a young August 6 year old boy and tends to lack attention,except when playing with lego which he loves,although this is improving.
If he is enthusiastic about something he has done at school, he comes home wanting to write about it.
I want to help him in the holidays with some short bursts of 'work', say writing about days out, but I am not sure what to do about his spelling.