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<blockquote data-quote="Ktllc" data-source="post: 541887" data-attributes="member: 11847"><p>I don't think it is possible to know it at his age. </p><p>I'm actually with you on not holding him back this year. The French systems works in "blocks": grande maternelle, cp and ce1 being the first block of elementary school. That is 3 years, and as you know, the school will not get worried about his reading/emerging reading skills untill the last year of the block. This system of block is about 12 years old and was put in place with the knowledge that kids develop at a very different pace in the early years of school. A ggod school will have a strong partnership between teachers who teach those 3 years in order to offer a continuity for the children. They are supposed to follow the same plan. Of course, reality and theory sometimes differ greatly and some teachers are still "stuck" in the old yearly curriculum. </p><p>I understand how frustrated you are from not having clear answers... </p><p>If J has no interest in letters, maybe just leave it alone for the summer. You could also ask him if he'd like to work on it with you before cp and then follow his lead. You can also work on sight words, J can "read" to you the books that he is familiar with, he can retell the stories, try to memorize paragraphs of a book, etc... But I sense you already do all those things already. How does he do on those skills? Any difficulties? All of it being early reading skills.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ktllc, post: 541887, member: 11847"] I don't think it is possible to know it at his age. I'm actually with you on not holding him back this year. The French systems works in "blocks": grande maternelle, cp and ce1 being the first block of elementary school. That is 3 years, and as you know, the school will not get worried about his reading/emerging reading skills untill the last year of the block. This system of block is about 12 years old and was put in place with the knowledge that kids develop at a very different pace in the early years of school. A ggod school will have a strong partnership between teachers who teach those 3 years in order to offer a continuity for the children. They are supposed to follow the same plan. Of course, reality and theory sometimes differ greatly and some teachers are still "stuck" in the old yearly curriculum. I understand how frustrated you are from not having clear answers... If J has no interest in letters, maybe just leave it alone for the summer. You could also ask him if he'd like to work on it with you before cp and then follow his lead. You can also work on sight words, J can "read" to you the books that he is familiar with, he can retell the stories, try to memorize paragraphs of a book, etc... But I sense you already do all those things already. How does he do on those skills? Any difficulties? All of it being early reading skills. [/QUOTE]
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