alanbrenton
Jan 30th, 2008, 12:50 AM
My daughter's in French Immersion (Grade 2) and it won't be until Grade 5 when English will gradually be introduced. For now, only Religion class is taught in English.
Is there any way I can get my hands on Canadian Home Schooling (if these do exists, I believe they do in the US) text books to guide me in teaching my daughter proper English? A lot of early year books out there teach children to read.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that it is by reading that a child will comprehend a lot of the syntax but how soon should I introduce prefixes, prepositions, proper /common noun, parts of the sentence, and the other parts of speaches etc.?
I remember using Strunk and White in high school and grammar books from Grade 2 to 7. I also do recall using those color-coded SRA reading materials wherein you check your reading comprehension yourself using the answer sheets/cards (honor system - self checked) and progress to the next level after reading about 10-15 short stories. I did not attend elementary and high school in Canada by the way.
The updated SRA's can be found here:
http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/sra/rl_index.html
And to quote someone on the internet with a similar experience:
"As memorable as that experience was, the most memorable experience from that school year was the reading curriculum she used called SRAs. Several times a week, we were required to go to the SRA box which was located on the window sill at the rear of the classroom and pick out several reading cards to work on. Essentially, the SRA curriculum had various levels of difficulty which were color coded (the lighter colors were easier whereas purples and browns were the last levels in the program). Within each level of difficulty, there were anywhere from twenty to thirty 8 1/2 x 11 cards with various reading. After reading the passage on the card, we were supposed to answer a series of multiple choice reading comprehension questions. And if we got a certain number of them correct, we received credit for that card. I believe we had to get 10 credits for any given level before we could move on to the next level. "
Is there any way I can get my hands on Canadian Home Schooling (if these do exists, I believe they do in the US) text books to guide me in teaching my daughter proper English? A lot of early year books out there teach children to read.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that it is by reading that a child will comprehend a lot of the syntax but how soon should I introduce prefixes, prepositions, proper /common noun, parts of the sentence, and the other parts of speaches etc.?
I remember using Strunk and White in high school and grammar books from Grade 2 to 7. I also do recall using those color-coded SRA reading materials wherein you check your reading comprehension yourself using the answer sheets/cards (honor system - self checked) and progress to the next level after reading about 10-15 short stories. I did not attend elementary and high school in Canada by the way.
The updated SRA's can be found here:
http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/sra/rl_index.html
And to quote someone on the internet with a similar experience:
"As memorable as that experience was, the most memorable experience from that school year was the reading curriculum she used called SRAs. Several times a week, we were required to go to the SRA box which was located on the window sill at the rear of the classroom and pick out several reading cards to work on. Essentially, the SRA curriculum had various levels of difficulty which were color coded (the lighter colors were easier whereas purples and browns were the last levels in the program). Within each level of difficulty, there were anywhere from twenty to thirty 8 1/2 x 11 cards with various reading. After reading the passage on the card, we were supposed to answer a series of multiple choice reading comprehension questions. And if we got a certain number of them correct, we received credit for that card. I believe we had to get 10 credits for any given level before we could move on to the next level. "