Oxford Reading Tree levels.

[LynetteScavo]

Does anyone know what reading age of a child on level 14 would be? I've no idea.

[foxinsocks]

if you search online (oxford reading tree), there's a chart somewhere that gives you the reading level and the approximate age that is supposed to correlate

[LIZS]

see page 3

[hellish]

hi just consulted my OUP brochure, level 14 is aimed at age 10-10.5
Hope that helps,

[LynetteScavo]

Thankyou!
MNis full of people who know so much more than me!

[stealthsquiggle]

OK, so for all you wonderful ORT experts - when on that chart it says Year 1 - does it mean year 1, or reception?

[foxinsocks]

Y1 = year 1
YR = reception

[hana]

omg
you mean these books go up to preteens?

gawd, thought it would only be a feew years til she was in juniors

sigh

[LynetteScavo]

What happens when children finish level 16 before they finish junior school?

[foxinsocks]

they don't necessarily go to the end of the levels in every school - they just move to free reader books (so 'normal' books iyswim or books specifically written for their age group).

[stealthsquiggle]

Thank you. I thought DS was moving quite fast but now I know he is - oh well, I guess that means we get rid of ORT and move on to "real" books faster

[LIZS]

ds never got to the end of ORT, the latter books are less appealing and subjects aimed at older children. dd is Year 1 and already reading above her age group on it so can't see her seeing the scheme through either, and there are other children in her class on chapter books instead.

[RosaLuxembourg]

I think I'd shoot myself if my child attended a school that made them do ORT right up to age 10. In my experience they usually move off the reading scheme by year 2 or so. Once they can read confidently they ought to be reading books they enjoy not some killjoy 'reading scheme'. The very words make me feel like spitting.

[slalomsuki]

That was a big shock for me. Ds who I thought was an average reader is on stage 11 and he is in year 1

[haggisaggis]

As a matter of interest, how long do your schools keep the children on the same book? ds (and the rest of his class) read the same book several times during a week - then get it home to read for homework - so one book lasts around 1 week. Needless to say they do not get through them very quickly at this rate! THey also ahve to read every single book at that level before moving to the next. What do other schools do?

[Dogsby]

lol at level 11

[Dogsby]

did oyu knwo theere is no link bewteen rediang a bility and high iq

[slalomsuki]

Haggis we are on a book a night or however long it takes to read and then they change. Some of the books I have split over 2 nights since there are two stories and a factual bit in the middle but the others we go through each night. They have to do every book in the level before moving on or at least every book listed on the back cover.

[Dogsby]

a bok a night
no wonder you are on level 11
two a week si enough imo

[Chugnuts]

Haggisaggis - ds1 also keeps the same book for at least a week. He gets moved up a level/band whenever the TA or teacher thinks he needs it. Sometimes he might only read one or two books before going on to the next band.

[Twiglett]

ort levels and approx ages

[haggisaggis]

My ds got his school report on Friday - and apparently is a fluent reader. But he is fairly low down on the levels listed. I think this is mainly because the school (and in fact the whole school "cluster") insists on doing each book to death - and insisting they read every blinking book on the level.

[LynetteScavo]

My DS's infant school kept them on 1 book a week, and only moved them up to the next level when the whole table they were on were ready to move. My friends daughter at another school was alowed to change books every day and whized through the levels.

[Ladymuck]

But does your school use some way of assessing readers (other than by what level book they are reading)? Surely the school only uses ORT as one part of its reading strategy? How frequently a child's scheme book is changed shouldn't really be a main indicator of their reading age surely?

[LynetteScavo]

The school also tested each child individually, to find out their reading age.