Because I see there are some reading gurus about.
So, this child can read her yellow band book on sight. SHe can decode or part decode and figure it out, or remember, or glean from the picture, or something. Anyhow, she goes straight through the books. Mostly ORT and BigCat books. She learns her High frequency words after being told them once, and can spell well, or at least in a phonetically sensible way.
She can relay the story to you, talk about the capital letters and exclamation marks and so on. She has a good bash at Horrid Henry, First Bible Stories [how random is that?] and a few others. They take her longer but she can do it and follow the story.
So, would you feel pleased and let her carry on, or think about moving her on and stretching her?
From a parents point of view, should she make it look this easy
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treedelivery · 01/12/2010 16:31
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