Having completed two days of THRASS (teaching Handwriting, Reading and Spelling Skills) on this past weekend and now having started 10 weeks of ESL in the Mainstream, I’m feeling like a student again and preparing myself for nights at the desk doing assignments and reflections. If I start a Masters next year I’ll be just finishing the ESL course when the Masters starts.
There’s only two weeks until the kids have open house and student-led conferences with their parents. Time is amazingly short. It’s also the time when reports have to be done. I guess that will take care of next weekend.
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Tracey
// Nov 21, 2007 at 3:24 am
Hi Leigh!
What did you think of the THRASS program? We did it here in Ceduna many years ago. It’s very similar to the Dyslexia programs I’ve used – I think it has its origins there anyway. Didn’t find it all that useful here, but then I didn’t use it in a classroom setting.
The end of year looms, and staff here are also beginning report writing. Looking forward to holidays…
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leighnewton
// Nov 21, 2007 at 4:32 am
Same here. Reports on the way but they are more managable than in my time at Crossways. THRASS was very detailed and perhaps a little too detailed for most kids who read books at home and pick up stuff naturally. It must be excellent for those kids who have trouble learning the graphemes, phonemes,..
I enjoy their chart, the one I used in the classroom last year, with your help I think, I will use that again for my struggling spellers, once the material comes in. That’s takes some time here.
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