I Can Read - Discussion

[chickenlittle]

My ds din show any difficulty n he enjoys going to class even though his teacher ignored his presence, this I only got to know after the unhappy incident happens during the last lesson, at home, I ask my son how teacher treats him normally during lesson time etc…


Omg…I never felt so lousy b4…i should hv be more observant…cos I thought all along he was doing fine in class…

Nevermind abt it now…it’s in the past, we shall forgive n forget…take it as a lesson learnt…

Wat I feel is in ICR, there is a mixture of students in different levels ranging from K1 to P1, normally teacher try to focus more at those P1 so tat they can promote faster to creative writing, they do not need to do the whole 1 yr course since they already know most of the stuffs…

And for the K2…teacher oso focus more cos they’re going to P1 the next yr so ‘time is running out’…

No wonder last yr, whenever I shared with teacher abt my ds not reading well etc, she juz brush me off n tells me it’s ok, he still young etc…now I knows wat she meant…

As for ur dd, does she understand n knows what the teacher is talking abt?..what kind of frustrations does she hv, does she dread going to class or does she refused to do her homework?..

[sunny]

chickenlittle:

As for ur dd, does she understand n knows what the teacher is talking abt?...what kind of frustrations does she hv, does she dread going to class or does she refused to do her homework?...

I don't think my dd understands 100% of what the teacher is talking about as we seldom speak english at home and her level of understanding is not quite good, though she can read 80-90% of the books.

She is willing to take out her homework and enjoys doing it. When I asked her which homework she wanted to complete first, she would tell me, \"ICR!\" So far, she enjoyed her lessons a lot. Only until today when she's working on Abbreviation and punctuations, she shows some unwillingness and frustration. When I went through the work with her, I realised that she didn't understand when those punctuations were needed and what abbreviation was. Then, I started to recall what teacher told us during PTM (about focusing on K2/P1 students). Maybe the teacher didn't really pay attention if K1 can follow the pace of the class....

[chickenlittle]

I think u hv to speak to her teacher to let him/her knows tat ur dd dun understand…maybe u’ll hv better idea what happens in the class…from there u can seek her teacher’s advise as to how can u work along with the teacher as to how to guide her at home…hope it helps…

[sunny]

thanks, Chickenlittle.

[junemum72]

Personally I think we still need to go thru what they have learnt for their enrichment classes, not just ICR.


My DS joined at the later term of 2010 and got promoted to ICR stage 1 after 2mths. He enjoyed the 1st 2 mths and not so after that.

He complaint that ICR gets boring by the week. What he did is read, read and read in the class. I didnt get to speak to his teacher nor I was informed of the PTC as the teacher slotted in a little paper somewhere in his bag that I couldnt even find until the day he left the centre !! He was at stage 4 when I withdrew him out.

Its true ICR is a good programme and I guess it really depends on the centres and how passionate the teacher is. I cant find in his teacher though…

[smurfette3]

Which centre did you send your son to? I am thinking of getting my nephew to enroll in ICR for some extra help as his english seems to be getting weaker afte he came back from China.

[Tjyt]

Hihi,


My DS is currently attending his 3rd lesson in PRP at Woodlands, I’m wondering how often will the teachers review on the students’ progress? Or do we need to personally catch hold of their teacher to ask personally?

As I really dont know what was taught during the class, when i asked DS, he said something like flash cards, read story books…

Can anyone please enlighten me?

Thanks

[smurfette3]

Hi


What is PRP?

[Tjyt]

Hi Smurfette3,


PRP is Preliminary Reading Programme.

[sunny]

Tjyt:

Hihi,


My DS is currently attending his 3rd lesson in PRP at Woodlands, I'm wondering how often will the teachers review on the students' progress? Or do we need to personally catch hold of their teacher to ask personally?

As I really dont know what was taught during the class, when i asked DS, he said something like flash cards, read story books...

Can anyone please enlighten me?

Thanks

Tjvt
the teacher will give a progress update through paper every end of the term. However, you can always check with the teacher before or after the lesson.
For PRP, my gal was given a workbook. Every week, there will be one page of homework i.e. writing an alphabet and the students can draw any object which starts with that particular alphabet. During the lesson, like what your DS shared with you, flash cards, read story books; my gal also told me that they sang songs.