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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He can’t read at all and it’s February of Kindergarten? That would concern me. I wouldn’t be rushing to immersion.[/quote]

+1.  Your kid isn’t reading English yet.  You want to put him in an immersion program in one of the hardest languages to learn in 1st?  Don’t the programs start in K so he would already be behind? Lastly, the teacher doesn’t recommend him for the program.

I think it’s a bad idea. [/quote]

Sorry to be obtuse, are kids reading in kindergarten? What they seem to be covering in school now is sight words. They have covered 20 - I don’t get a book like another parent mentioned (that would be awesome lol), I had to go through all the class newsletters and compile a list. [b]DS can read 10 of the 20 words. [/b]To me that seems normal because memorizing site words is boring. I just started working on those when the teacher told me she wouldn’t recommend him this week, I’m sure I can get him up to speed in a few weeks. As far as I l know they haven’t covered phonics other than letter sounds, which he knew before he went to kindergarten. [/quote]

That is a huge red flag to me. Kids are supposed to be at a DRA 3 or 4 by the end of K in FCPS. You should be having your child practicing reading every night at this age. You can get BOB books at the library.

Your child is absolutely not a good candidate for immersion, I’m sorry. Immersion kids are typically high achieving kids and self motivators. [/quote]

Half the kids at our school are in immersion. I seriously doubt that the parents knew that their kid was high achieving or self motivated at 6. It is more that the parents liked the idea of the program and we were willing to accept the additional work that the kids needed to do, DS had homework for LA and Japanese in first grade.

Kids that were not a great fit, because they were struggling with concentration or one of the core subjects, left for Gen Ed. It wasn’t a big deal for the kids to switch groups.

We used the Bob books for reading, we started in Pre School because DS was interested. He was reading by the end of K and he happens to love math. I think the K Teachers tend to have a good idea about what kids will be successful in immersion and who might struggle but there are always exceptions to the rule.[/quote]

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