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Melodyes_Song -> RE: What grade are you Homeschooling right now? (9/9/2008 7:45:40 PM)
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let's see DS-age 7 is about 4th to 5th grade in anything having to do with reading (which is a huge miracle because A. they said his IQ was 68, B. He has autisim and sensory stuff, and C. he could not read at all even simple words until about October 2007, but it clicked and he took off, however for him because of the autism most of what he reads is non-fiction very fact based stuff and we have yet to run across too many words he cannot spell, and he remebers what he reads almost verbatium, but does not understand figurative language or summarizing... and with math we are really struggling with him, he can do it one day but he cannot retain it...so we just practice practice basic facts for him...we know that it will click at some point for him (at least we hope)
DS-age 5 is about at a 2nd to 3rd grade reading level as long as not any of the questions asked about a story or article or book contain the word why (this is a trigger word for him), and with math stuff he seems to just innately know how to do whatever we choose for him...his spelling is very good too. For him however being able to tell you what he has learned in the short term, his brain is kind of like swiss cheese, although a week later or even a month he can tell you everything he learned just not in the first day or two after he has learned it...
and as for handwriting well that is scary and we are working on it, same with drawing (about the level of a toddler)...and we are trying to find some creative outlets in what we do too...
i think this is why we are having issues finding some sort of cirriculum that works for them, it is a super struggle.
so theoretically we have a 1st and 2nd grader but in reality that does not actually apply.
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