DD is in yr 1, her school teachs phonics reasonably well.
She spent reception on red/pink band, she could read slightly better at home.
She has since the beginning of term been moved a couple of times, since last week she is up to green band. The only problem is that she brings home the same books sometimes she had a yr ago with a different colour sticker on! I asked the TA who seemed surprised but said maybe they wanted to repeat things to reinforce them.
I previously sent back a book saying it was 'too easy' as it had a word per page, when all other books in the band were two sentences a page. The teacher said it was a mistake and it would be changed. The books seem really varible, but I didnt want to make a fuss.
Tonight dd brought home 'The Spell Shell' which seemed hard, and not decodable at dd's level. So I searched the OUP banding chart and it is placed as a white band (band 10) book.
Am I missing something here? I had put past discrepancies down to the change to phonics as a teaching method whereas the books are often as old as me (Ginn/ORT etc) but this seems really wrong.
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littleducks · 11/10/2011 21:14
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