{"id":79,"date":"2011-11-30T17:10:09","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T00:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/earlychildhoodintervention1sixtotwelve\/?p=79"},"modified":"2012-12-02T14:25:43","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T21:25:43","slug":"academic-skills-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/middlechildhoodintervention1\/2011\/11\/30\/academic-skills-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisegeek.com\/what-are-academic-skills.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Academic Skills<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Between ages 8 and 10, children\u2019s <a title=\"The skills required to do well in an educational setting. They include reading, writing, math, etc.\">academic skills<\/a>\u00a0(see full <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/middlechildhoodintervention2\/files\/2012\/12\/MCI_Glossary.pdf\">Glossary<\/a>) are developing and improving quite dramatically. They are now reading and writing, and for the most part they are enjoying it. They delight in their ability to read new and complex books, books without pictures, and even read stories to their younger siblings. At school, they are engaging in science experiments (Fig. 1)\u00a0and going on field trips where they learn a lot about the world they live in. They become more and more independent, though they continue to need reminders to do their homework.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3042\/3058182308_c0d72d4c55.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3042\/3058182308_c0d72d4c55.jpg\" alt=\"science experiment\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Figure 1. Science experiment<\/h5>\n<h3>READING<\/h3>\n<p>Most children this age:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>read quite fluently, and for fun;<\/li>\n<li>have a large vocabulary of <a title=\"Words that the reader can recognize automatically without having to sound them out (for example: I, he, to, in).\">sight words<\/a>\u00a0(see full <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/middlechildhoodintervention2\/files\/2012\/12\/MCI_Glossary.pdf\">Glossary<\/a>);<\/li>\n<li>guess the meaning of an unknown word from the context most of the time;<\/li>\n<li>retell complex stories with a high degree of accuracy;<\/li>\n<li>self-correct, when reading;<\/li>\n<li>increase the size of their vocabulary, almost on a daily basis;<\/li>\n<li>can summarize what they have read;<\/li>\n<li>identify <a title=\"Example: dogs, children, school.\">nouns<\/a>, <a title=\"Example: walk, was, climb.\">verbs<\/a>, <a title=\"Example: small, dark, many.\">adjectives<\/a> and <a title=\"example: quickly, patiently, unfortunately.\">adverbs<\/a> in sentences;<\/li>\n<li>use the dictionary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>WRITING<\/h3>\n<p>Most children at this age:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>write long correspondence (Fig. 2);<\/li>\n<li>write quite legibly;<\/li>\n<li>spell familiar and unfamiliar words;<\/li>\n<li>use punctuation to add meaning to sentences (for example, an exclamation point);<\/li>\n<li>self-correct their writing;<\/li>\n<li>may start to write poems;<\/li>\n<li>can copy from a blackboard;<\/li>\n<li>may start to write letters in cursive (Fig. 3);<\/li>\n<li>may start to write email or text messages to their friends, and may even have a Facebook page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4021\/4640371219_719c562ba5_m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4021\/4640371219_719c562ba5_m.jpg\" alt=\"correspondence\" width=\"171\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Figure 2. Correspondence<\/h5>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2715\/4252178847_0c74cfd289_m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2715\/4252178847_0c74cfd289_m.jpg\" alt=\"cursive writing\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Figure 3. Cursive writing<\/h5>\n<h3>MATH<\/h3>\n<p>Most children at this age:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>add three and four digit numbers;<\/li>\n<li>subtract three and four digit numbers;<\/li>\n<li>use money correctly;<\/li>\n<li>know how coins and paper bills are connected (Fig. 4);<\/li>\n<li>calculate ahead of time how much a cashier will give them back in change;<\/li>\n<li>tell time with both digital and analog clocks (Fig. 5);<\/li>\n<li>measure in many ways (for example, using tape measures, containers, etc);<\/li>\n<li>read a thermometer;<\/li>\n<li>know basic multiplication;<\/li>\n<li>start to learn about division;<\/li>\n<li>compare numbers (which is <em>bigger<\/em>, which has <em>more<\/em>);<\/li>\n<li>understand and use simple fractions;<\/li>\n<li>know the difference between a shape and a solid (i.e. shapes are 2D and solids are 3D);<\/li>\n<li>use basic statistical language (for example, \u201cmore likely to happen,\u201d \u201cless likely to happen\u201d);<\/li>\n<li>solve <a title=\"Example: I run a lemonade stand on the street. It\u2019s a hot summer day and I sold each cup for 25 cents. I earned $3.50. How many cups did I sell?\">complex word problems<\/a>\u00a0;<\/li>\n<li>count down from two digit numbers (for example. 99, 98,97\u2026).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4067\/4271634061_4e4abd3219_m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4067\/4271634061_4e4abd3219_m.jpg\" alt=\"coins and paper bills\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Figure 4. Coins and paper bills<\/h5>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3322\/3196171196_41fefd580f_m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3322\/3196171196_41fefd580f_m.jpg\" alt=\"analog clock\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Figure 5. Analog clock<\/h5>\n<h4>Did you know?<\/h4>\n<p>Grade 4 is considered a transitional stage in the development of a child\u2019s reading skills. It is described as the grade in which the shift from \u201clearning to read\u201d to \u201creading to learn\u201d occurs.<\/p>\n<h5>\u00a0see <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/middlechildhoodintervention2\/files\/2012\/12\/MCI_References.pdf\">References<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Skills Between ages 8 and 10, children\u2019s academic skills\u00a0(see full Glossary) are developing and improving quite dramatically. They are now reading and writing, and for the most part they are enjoying it. They delight in their ability to read new and complex books, books without pictures, and even read stories to their younger siblings. 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