Miya is now independently reading chapter books.
A few weeks ago, I started reading the Animal Ark Pets series of books to Miya and Mulan. I read the first book, Puppy Puzzle, and got halfway through the second book, Kitten Crowd.
But about a week or so ago, Miya couldn't wait to hear the rest of the story, and so she took the book and finished it by herself. She then continued on to the next book, Rabbit Race, and beyond.
She also picked up our Nook e-reader, which has the Magic Tree House series on it, and has continued reading those by herself. (I had previously read up to number 13 in that series to her.)
I think I can safely say that our project to get Miya reading, which we started 15 months ago, has been a success. (I blogged about it in August last year, with an update this April.)
Saturday 10 June 2017
Sunday 4 June 2017
Congratulations Mulan
Yesterday, Mulan finished her US 6th Grade maths at Khan Academy.
She is now working on 7th Grade, and as of today has finished 24%. (There is some overlap between grades, so some skills mastered in 6th Grade are counted as mastered in 7th Grade.)
Miya is also doing very well, and has completed 70% of 3rd Grade.
I last wrote about the girls' maths work in January. Since writing that, we have slowed down a little with regards to introducing new skills. The girls are still doing some Khan Academy every day, but on many days they are consolidating skills by repeating already "mastered" "practices", rather than continuing on with introducing new skills.
My general rule of thumb with how much new stuff to introduce to them is that it is okay if they can't do the work completely independently, but of the bits of the problem that I talk with them about, they need to be able to understand my explanations and do the steps of calculations themselves.
She is now working on 7th Grade, and as of today has finished 24%. (There is some overlap between grades, so some skills mastered in 6th Grade are counted as mastered in 7th Grade.)
Miya is also doing very well, and has completed 70% of 3rd Grade.
I last wrote about the girls' maths work in January. Since writing that, we have slowed down a little with regards to introducing new skills. The girls are still doing some Khan Academy every day, but on many days they are consolidating skills by repeating already "mastered" "practices", rather than continuing on with introducing new skills.
My general rule of thumb with how much new stuff to introduce to them is that it is okay if they can't do the work completely independently, but of the bits of the problem that I talk with them about, they need to be able to understand my explanations and do the steps of calculations themselves.
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