My oldest daughter is 5 and in reception. She has a September birthday and is the oldest in her class. She started the year reading level 2 books (dont seem to be one paritcular type but the school have stuck big two stickers on the front) she is still reading level two books. Lately she has started to get upset because all of her friends are now reading different books for example today she was saying "but M...is on 5s and Imonly on 2s" a looking a little confused why she was not allowed to read the 5s books. I have told her that it doesnt matter and that I think the 2s books are good but she is not happy at all. I dont know of any of her friends or any of the children of the other mums who are still on the 2s and so I can sort of see her point!.
She CANT read, I have been readin not just the school books but a wide range of books at home with her but she just doesnt get it. She know her letter sounds but she just cant put them together into words at all, she very rarely even recognises words we see all the time like "I" or "the".
The books she is currently on are things like "oh floppy" which has about 4 words in it. It is sad that she is realising that her friends are allowed books she is not and also I really would have expected her to have started to improve a little since september?
I asked about it at the parents evening and the teacher said " I am thinking of moving her group onto level 3" but a few days later my daughter came home saying that her teacher had said that she had to stay on level 2. I totally agree with this as I say she cant read but it worries me that she seems stuck and also that it is getting her down a little!.
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Daughter getting upset by reading books
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fernie3 · 31/03/2010 19:01
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