Matthew's spelling is coming along brilliantly, he now spells word by giving me the letter names, no longer does he give me the letter sounds. U(you) and Y(why) were a nightmare he just couldn't remember their names, he would draw them in the air and give me the sound they make.
Now he is confidently spelling those words that he has learnt, I find that as long as he has practised them he knows them, he also identifies the ones he hasn't learnt and quickly tells me i haven't got that one stored!
He did his own spelling test last night, he did lots of words he knows he has had trouble with.
what, who, how, where, who, why, also, any, follow I could go on -all confidently learnt.
I will video him having a spelling test when I have time!!
Also he now has his Welsh and English compartmentalized in separate places. S&L picked up on the fact that he will mix the 2 languages if he can't find the words in a particular language, they told me this is a common symptom of these kids. I asked him what class he was in this morning as I was writing a note to school (I can never remember, they jump about year to year), he shouted back Class 7, I took a minute before I realised he had for the first time not answered "Dosbarth Saith". I will monitor to this to see if it continues.
I can't tell you how much his confidence as grown, he is loving his new found capabilies.
No comments:
Post a Comment