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Do you know what "Ellipsis" means?

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Immaculateconception · 25/01/2008 19:22

My youngest son came home with a comprehension sheet for a book he's reading. I will add that he is also the youngest child in YR2 with a birthday date of the 31st August. I even had to go and look it up in the dictonary!

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Immaculateconception · 25/01/2008 21:12

Back again to this, the ellipis word that I am talking about is the one that means missing something out. The reason why he gets one to one help with his reading is because he is that far ahead of the rest of his class that he needs completely different books and comprehension sheets to the rest of the class. Whilst the other kids are more or less the same level of reading, he needs the work of a YR6, that my eldest daughter gets and so needs it explaining to him on a one to one basis. He is still finding the handwriting part extremely difficult so is finding the work abit more difficult to get down on to paper, yes he has the mind of a much older child, but still has the body and co ordination of a 6 year old boy. Pencil control is not his thing! Books are much more interesting to read rather than write about. He can tell us exactly what the answers are but is unable to write it down.

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Hallgerda · 25/01/2008 21:23

Yes, I know what one of those is, honest, and I have a maths degree. It's the next three terms in this sequence:

Aggie, Aggie, Aggie, Betty, Betty, Betty, Cathy, Cathy, Cathy

jura · 26/01/2008 00:07

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