I Can Read - Discussion

[Joeyz18]

Ningmum

Your son is in preliminary? Then maybe you should ask for assessment if not waste money and time

[DC Mummy]

Joeyz18:

monster mummy,

my son is good with blending too but still in prelimary class which i think kind of waste time and $ too and he feel boring in class cos he knew all the lesson. reason cos he did not want to speak up during the assessment cos he shy to the ang mo teacher. and now i am thinking maybe i should not continue him there unless he go to another level like creative writting

Monster Mummy:

[quote=\"ningmum\"]Hi Moster Mummy,

My son is quite stable for vowel a,e,i, o and u. His teacher is teaching cl, fl and bl now. But he is at I can read Preliminary now.


Hi Lostbunny,

Do you mean teacher can move him to another level anytime? No need to wait for a new term?

The teacher will assess them if they can think they are ready for next level. Usually, it will not be a new term. Maybe halfway through the class, the teacher think that they are ready and they pass the assessment, then they will promote to next level that is one year course.

[/quote]I am facing the same problem here. My 4 yo DS has been in PRP for 3 terms and still hasn't progressed to ICR level. I don't know why and didn't get a chance to ask the teacher. Feedback assessment form received so far, only pasted with stickers as a form of encouragement. There is isn't any comment or remark from the teacher written on it. Thus, I really don't know what is being taught and can't gauge his progress. Each time I ask DS, like others, he will give standard reply \"I don't know\" or \"I can't remember\", sounds alike isn't it?

At home, DS is reading P&J book 8a (he started with book 2a since last Sep'10) quite well plus able to read some other preschooler books (ie thomas & friends, pelangi, Usborne, etc) with some help at times on new words. For new words, he may need my help to prompt him in blending but most of the time, he is able to read at a reasonable speed with accurate pronunciation......The only thing is he still can't write each letter properly, far from writting well (v. poor motor skill, :stupid: ), not even writting his name. Will this be a barrier to move up??

[ningmum]

Hi Joeyz18,


I intend to give my son few weeks times to settle down first because he is very dependent. After that, I will request teacher to do an assessment for him.

[Monster Mummy]

[quote=\"DC Mummy


I am facing the same problem here. My 4 yo DS has been in PRP for 3 terms and still hasn't progressed to ICR level. I don't know why and didn't get a chance to ask the teacher. Feedback assessment form received so far, only pasted with stickers as a form of encouragement. There is isn't any comment or remark from the teacher written on it. Thus, I really don't know what is being taught and can't gauge his progress. Each time I ask DS, like others, he will give standard reply \"I don't know\" or \"I can't remember\", sounds alike isn't it?

At home, DS is reading P&J book 8a (he started with book 2a since last Sep'10) quite well plus able to read some other preschooler books (ie thomas & friends, pelangi, Usborne, etc) with some help at times on new words. For new words, he may need my help to prompt him in blending but most of the time, he is able to read at a reasonable speed with accurate pronunciation......The only thing is he still can't write each letter properly, far from writting well (v. poor motor skill, :stupid: ), not even writting his name. Will this be a barrier to move up??[/quote]

Hi DC Mummy,
You can actually inform the staff that you will need to talk to the teacher. I have face same situation as yours previously. My gal took one year to complete. Most of PRP, the children must be able to know first, middle and last sound and able to differentiate. If you think that the child is ready, you can ask the teacher. for 4 years old, some child still weak in motor even my ds also still weak in his motor skill.

[joajoa]

my son is 5yo this year and i just start ICR for him and he is in the Creative n Thinking lesson . he been for abt 5 lesson already and 1 week is only do coloring for 1 page .... another week is also coloring and matching , ask him to count how many monkeys are there . i feel that is wasting time lor , or am i wrong , cos is too easy for him , n i dont understand what is the purpose of doing all those ? anyone can give me some idea , is the teacher dragging ? should i go ask the teacher ? cos i feel that is wasting my time , coloring n counting , i can teach at home . i sent him there is to learn reading n not counting :roll:

[MumandMe]

Hi, I m new here. My child just started the ICR prelim program.

I seem to be hearing parents comment that the children are not able to communicate what they ve learned in class. I have the same issue. I would like to know if your children are attending this same level too. The reason is because I ve heard their actual 1-year ICR program is good, and I would like my child to attend that. But at the prelim level, the cirriculum seems less structured (reason why a lot of children can t tell us what they do in class) and promotion to the next level totally subjective on the part of the teacher.
Your comments please…

[Monster Mummy]

MumandMe:

Hi, I m new here. My child just started the ICR prelim program.

I seem to be hearing parents comment that the children are not able to communicate what they ve learned in class. I have the same issue. I would like to know if your children are attending this same level too. The reason is because I ve heard their actual 1-year ICR program is good, and I would like my child to attend that. But at the prelim level, the cirriculum seems less structured (reason why a lot of children can t tell us what they do in class) and promotion to the next level totally subjective on the part of the teacher.
Your comments please..

Hi,

Basically at this stage, the teacher will engage the children to interact and during lesson might go through book like extract of words. It is less structure because different student at different standard. Normally for kids at this level is still young. Even my gal also face the same problem when she is preliminary. Once the children gain the understanding or the first, last and middle sound and how to read the 26 alphabets.

The teacher will assess them when they feel the kids are ready.

[MumandMe]

Hi monster mummy, are u a teacher at ICR? May I ask what is the average length of time a child spends at the prelim level before going onto the actual ICR?


My child can read and sound all the alphabets. She s ok with the first and last sounds too.

[DC Mummy]

Monster Mummy:

Hi DC Mummy,
You can actually inform the staff that you will need to talk to the teacher. I have face same situation as yours previously. My gal took one year to complete. Most of PRP, the children must be able to know first, middle and last sound and able to differentiate. If you think that the child is ready, you can ask the teacher. for 4 years old, some child still weak in motor even my ds also still weak in his motor skill.

Thanks, Monster Mummy. Yap, I will check with the teacher in next lesson. DS knows the first, middle and last sound. Most of the time, he is able to blend the words except those sight words that can't use phonics method to decode.

At this age 4 yo, I consider him reading fairly well. He enjoys his PRP lessons partly becos it doesn't need to write much, just tracing the letters in workbook. If moving him to ICR level that requires more writing, am afraid he may not be ready and puts him off in learning.

[Monster Mummy]

DC Mummy:

Thanks, Monster Mummy. Yap, I will check with the teacher in next lesson. DS knows the first, middle and last sound. Most of the time, he is able to blend the words except those sight words that can't use phonics method to decode.


At this age 4 yo, I consider him reading fairly well. He enjoys his PRP lessons partly becos it doesn't need to write much, just tracing the letters in workbook. If moving him to ICR level that requires more writing, am afraid he may not be ready and puts him off in learning.

Moving in the ICR level, is more blending and learn to read. Everyweek, they are covered for the spelling. If he is picking it up fast, is considered quite good but don't pressurised too much. As our ultimate aim is to ensure the kids are bound with the reading skill before they attend school and able to read story on their own.