Just wondered if anyone could help?
DS started reception in september and is doing well with his reading...his school don't seem to do ORT but he is on blue level books if that helps at all. He is quite confident with his reading and knows all his JP sounds but is having difficultly with separating the sounds in words if that makes any sense? For example in the word "Fetch" he would sound out F E T C H rather than F E T CH...its like he can't see them when they are in with other letters.
They've got these lists of words to learn and he is on the one from last that they apparently have to learn by the end of reception and it seems like he just looks at a word and remembers it but can't seem to do the mecanics of sounding all the bits of longer words out...if that makes any sense at all?
Am not worried about it as I know he'll get it eventually and he's happy and doing well at how he is doing it but just wondered if there are some children that just can't learn to read that way. I spoke to his teacher before christmas about it and she said to just keep covering up bits of the word and get it to do it that way which I have been doing but its getting to a point now where he is flying along reading something and then just gets totally stuck and guesses the word rather than even try to sound it out...but then if the word is on the next page he'll remember it and he'll know that word after that.
Any thoughts if anyone can make any sense of that at all? I would speak to his teacher again but she is off sick after having an op for 3 months and they've got a supply teacher in who is lovely but doesn't often teach reception so wanted to pick your brains first!