My DS is just getting to grips with reading fluently, but when he is reading to me I get so frustrated with the use of the apostrophe to merge two words into one. He's currently reading about 'Sonic Sid' and 'Detective Tilak', but I can't remember what band of books they belong to.
Anyhow, my pet hates are...
can't instead of cannot
I'll instead of I will
It'll instead of it will
they'd instead of they would
won't instead of will not
I find that he struggles to pronounce these words. Why can't publishers use the full words instead so that kids can understand what they are reading more easily?
I realise that when it's in dialogue, very few people actually say "I will not do it", they are more likely to say 'won't', but can't we leave that until kids are able to read confidently.
Sorry, it's been bugging me for ages and I just feel better for venting and writing it down!!!
As you were....
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Join our Primary Education forum to discuss starting school and helping your child get the most out of it.
Primary education
KS1 reading books - grrrrrr
9 replies
BogeyNights · 22/11/2012 13:43
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.