Bond Papers 8-9 Years
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:08 pm
Hi all I wonder if you can help. New to all this malarkey! Just starting to light prep my Yr 4 child.
Here in Essex, Verbal Reasoning equates to 50% of the mark and as its not taught in our primary (we do not have 11+ booster classes or any other help available) Ive made an early start with my 8 year old DD using the Bond Papers for her age group 8-9.
We did the first paper together, explaining to her what each question required and gave her any help she needed. Tonight she asked to do paper 2 on her own. I did need to explain one or two points, but in the main she had a fair crack on her own. She only struggled with one section failing to answer any questions in this section- this was the replace the letters to make the first and middle word lead into the far word i.e Cold BLANK Gild answer being Gold. Her overall mark was 74% which I thought was decent enough for a first attempt.
My question is, with sections she struggles with like the question above, how do I proceed? Can I obtain sample questions of this type somewhere so we can focus on that, or do I carry her on with the next paper and see if my explanation "sticks" - Im still not sure she has grasped that at all yet!
Is the idea of the papers to highlight problem areas and work on those before trying paper 3?
Any help GREATLY appreciated! Thank you.
Here in Essex, Verbal Reasoning equates to 50% of the mark and as its not taught in our primary (we do not have 11+ booster classes or any other help available) Ive made an early start with my 8 year old DD using the Bond Papers for her age group 8-9.
We did the first paper together, explaining to her what each question required and gave her any help she needed. Tonight she asked to do paper 2 on her own. I did need to explain one or two points, but in the main she had a fair crack on her own. She only struggled with one section failing to answer any questions in this section- this was the replace the letters to make the first and middle word lead into the far word i.e Cold BLANK Gild answer being Gold. Her overall mark was 74% which I thought was decent enough for a first attempt.
My question is, with sections she struggles with like the question above, how do I proceed? Can I obtain sample questions of this type somewhere so we can focus on that, or do I carry her on with the next paper and see if my explanation "sticks" - Im still not sure she has grasped that at all yet!
Is the idea of the papers to highlight problem areas and work on those before trying paper 3?
Any help GREATLY appreciated! Thank you.