Ginn stage 4?

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My sons teacher tells me he is reading at Ginn stage 4. What does this mean? is it good, Ok or poor. I felt he was a good reader. Also I have tried to google the words but cant find any examples of stage 4 text. Can anyone help?

[Thaigal]

How old is he? is "stage" the same as "level"? My son's are also on the Ginn books but they're in levels rather than stages...

[singersgirl]

A friend whose son is reading Ginn sent me the following chart . Don't know if it helps, as the bands seem very wide.

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I did mean level actually Thaigal - perhaps I need to read more slowly. DS is 5.5 b.t.w.
Singersgirl, the first page of the chart in your link is blank, could you send it again - thanks.

[flack]

DS sometimes reads Ginn books, he's in Yr2, about average for his class (I read with them so I know), and he's at about the middle (slightly to the right of the middle, maybe) of the Ginn range. I don't know what number that is, just remember the middle of the pack of cards symbol on the back of the book.

Does that help?

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Not unless you know the range flack ie 1 -10 etc.

[thirtysomething]

dd is on Ginn stage 4, but dipping in and out of stage 5 as she is really between them. She is Y1 and was previously on stage 5 ORT but getting bored of Biff and Chip. I think she is considered above average but not a brilliant reader for her age and compared to the class, IYSWIM. I personally don't like Ginn as much as say Storyworlds, but the teacher seemed to think they were better. The stories are a bit odd! What year is your child in?

[Thaigal]

My son is almost 6 and is on level 2, my eldest son is 7 and is on level 11. I'd say level 5 at the age of 5 is really good.

[flack]

Just checked, DS is on Level 5, I know he's about average, so agree that Level 4 at age 5.5 is very good.

[LIZS]

Chart loads ok for me. Very useful thank you Singersgirl.

[figleaf]

Now I loaded the chart agin from the link and didnt get a blank page - must have been somthing weird I did. Thanks everyone, question now answered.Never sure what this particular teacher meant on lots of things but were leaving her now for our move to Scotland.