Starfish Story: Sharon Panesar
5 January 2012
My Year 6 literacy focus child had a bad attitude and she was often rude to the teachers. At first I didn’t understand why, but after sitting with her I realised it was because she couldn’t read or spell simple words like ‘suggested’. I told her to start reading other things, for example magazines (if she didn’t want to read a book). I told her to write down any words she didn’t understand so that we could go through them everyday after literacy. I have noticed already that her attitude towards me has changed dramatically and she is a much more pleasant child. I am now looking forward to the next few months working hard with her so she can achieve brilliant results in her SAT’s in June!
