Another Combining Question
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:42 pm
Hello All,
I have 2 daughters, the youngest turned 6 at the end of November and the other is 7 but will be 8 at the end of April.
My 7 year old is not finished with her phonics but should be by the traditional end of this school year around May. Reading has been a bit of a struggle for her.
My younger daughter is just starting phonics (officially) but can decode fairly well already. She learned the letter sound easily and took off on decoding with very little difficulty.
I would like to combine the girls in LHFHG but was wondering if it would be challenging enough in the other subject areas for a 7 soon to be 8 year old. We will be starting HOD after Christmas break and continuing into next school year. So we would have around 20 weeks of LHFHG left to finish at the start of next fall.
I have read through the selection and placement charts and it appears that I could go either way. I guess I am looking for anything I may have overlooked in placing a child already at the top of the suggested placement age for LHGHG in this program knowing that I will be stretching it into the next school year.
My gut tells me to combine; what do you more experienced with HOD think?
Thank you for your help!
Kathy
I have 2 daughters, the youngest turned 6 at the end of November and the other is 7 but will be 8 at the end of April.
My 7 year old is not finished with her phonics but should be by the traditional end of this school year around May. Reading has been a bit of a struggle for her.
My younger daughter is just starting phonics (officially) but can decode fairly well already. She learned the letter sound easily and took off on decoding with very little difficulty.
I would like to combine the girls in LHFHG but was wondering if it would be challenging enough in the other subject areas for a 7 soon to be 8 year old. We will be starting HOD after Christmas break and continuing into next school year. So we would have around 20 weeks of LHFHG left to finish at the start of next fall.
I have read through the selection and placement charts and it appears that I could go either way. I guess I am looking for anything I may have overlooked in placing a child already at the top of the suggested placement age for LHGHG in this program knowing that I will be stretching it into the next school year.
My gut tells me to combine; what do you more experienced with HOD think?
Thank you for your help!
Kathy