I have a first grade boy and a K girl, both on the spectrum. Both children are hyper-verbal, but struggle with anxiety, attention, and fine motor skills. Each is on track with R&S math at grade level with the regular MP plans. We recently finished FSR D using the regular plans, but doing much of the work orally, especially for my K student. Reading is a joy for them but writing is a big struggle. We write every day, but not as much as is in the lessons.
I'm not sure where to go from here with phonics. When I asked on the main board I was advised to just get their writing up to speed ASAP. I figured maybe on here people would have better suggestions since the writing component is just going to be a longer road for us and I don't want to neglect their phonics just because we're behind on writing skills. Just to give you an idea of where we're at, both kids can read early readers like frog and toad or henry and mudge pretty fluently and my son (1st) can pick up most picture books and make his way through them with a little help.
I had some explode the code books laying around so we're working through those right now just to keep up phonics and writing practice until I figure out what to do next. Is there a way to do book E with story time treasures even if we're not up to speed on handwriting? Do I do STT with my first grader the rest of this year and move him into second grade literature next fall even if we haven't finished SST? Do I wait until next year to start my K on SST, but, if so, what do I do with her in the meantime? Do I keep teaching them together or try to get each more on grade level (K is ahead, 1st is "behind"). So far we've done well with the content and pacing of the regular lesson plans other than the writing but I'm open to using some SC materials if those would be a better fit.
Sorry, that was a really long way of saying, please help!
I'm not sure where to go from here with phonics. When I asked on the main board I was advised to just get their writing up to speed ASAP. I figured maybe on here people would have better suggestions since the writing component is just going to be a longer road for us and I don't want to neglect their phonics just because we're behind on writing skills. Just to give you an idea of where we're at, both kids can read early readers like frog and toad or henry and mudge pretty fluently and my son (1st) can pick up most picture books and make his way through them with a little help.
I had some explode the code books laying around so we're working through those right now just to keep up phonics and writing practice until I figure out what to do next. Is there a way to do book E with story time treasures even if we're not up to speed on handwriting? Do I do STT with my first grader the rest of this year and move him into second grade literature next fall even if we haven't finished SST? Do I wait until next year to start my K on SST, but, if so, what do I do with her in the meantime? Do I keep teaching them together or try to get each more on grade level (K is ahead, 1st is "behind"). So far we've done well with the content and pacing of the regular lesson plans other than the writing but I'm open to using some SC materials if those would be a better fit.
Sorry, that was a really long way of saying, please help!
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