Preparing for Reading Grammar
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:35 pm
Hello everyone,
I am new here and need some advice, my DS has just gone into year 4. I am targetting Reading grammar and need advise as to when i should start preparation for him. There are four subjects to prepare and i really do not want to leave everything to year 5.
My just want to ask the experienced people on the forum what did they do! Maybe start with english and maths this year, do lots of reading to build up vocab because at the moment DS is good but not really good, thus he really needs to work a lot specially on grammar and punctuations. Also in maths, after looking at KS2 maths SATS paper, i have become very nervous as there are lots of topics that he has no idea about! So again needs lots of working in maths as well. After all this there is verbal and NVerbal to go thru as well. Therefore very very nervous and concerned how will be cope up with all of it.
I am thinking of home tutoring this year as much as possible and then put him into coaching classes next year so that he gets a bit more motivated when he sees more children working hard to get a place at grammer school. Can anyone tell me a good tutor to prepare for Reading Grammar and if i need to home tutor this year what is the best method! What books to start working with etc.
Any advice will be very much appreciated
I am new here and need some advice, my DS has just gone into year 4. I am targetting Reading grammar and need advise as to when i should start preparation for him. There are four subjects to prepare and i really do not want to leave everything to year 5.
My just want to ask the experienced people on the forum what did they do! Maybe start with english and maths this year, do lots of reading to build up vocab because at the moment DS is good but not really good, thus he really needs to work a lot specially on grammar and punctuations. Also in maths, after looking at KS2 maths SATS paper, i have become very nervous as there are lots of topics that he has no idea about! So again needs lots of working in maths as well. After all this there is verbal and NVerbal to go thru as well. Therefore very very nervous and concerned how will be cope up with all of it.
I am thinking of home tutoring this year as much as possible and then put him into coaching classes next year so that he gets a bit more motivated when he sees more children working hard to get a place at grammer school. Can anyone tell me a good tutor to prepare for Reading Grammar and if i need to home tutor this year what is the best method! What books to start working with etc.
Any advice will be very much appreciated