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Can anyone help me find....................

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 11/10/2006 23:21

that link that was posted ages ago (possibly around this time last year???). Which had a chart showing a comparison between the different reading schemes (you know ORT Level 1 is the same as Storyworlds Level 2 which is the same as Level 4 letterland etc etc).

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 12/10/2006 12:40

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 12/10/2006 17:11

does no-one remember [frown]

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singersgirl · 12/10/2006 17:33

I posted this link some time ago, which isn't quite the same, but does rank books from different schemes alongside each other. It might be useful anyway!

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 12/10/2006 17:35

that's it!!! Thank you so much . I knew what I meant.....and you figured it out

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 12/10/2006 17:43

So tell me - based on that....roughly what reading age would you say a child on Grade 10 books is at???

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robinpud · 12/10/2006 17:51

Roughly, generally speaking I'd expect a year 2 child to be reading around stage 10. But wouldn't use them to make any judgements about real reading age because they are limited and controlled vocabulary.ie child could read stage 10 Oxford but be bamboozled by a far easier unfamiliar book.
Why do you ask?

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 12/10/2006 18:04
  • I had a momentary panic then - I thought you'd said a 2yr old child would be a level 10 LOL.

Why do I ask? I guess it's known as neurotic mother syndrome. I frequently get to chat to one of the teaching assistants at DS's school - she's been a friend of my much longer than DS1 had been there. We were talking the other night as I've got it into my head that DS1 isn't doing as well I he might do at school (no reason - just me being wierd I guess).

She assured me he was doing well and the teachers had no real concerns with him - so I've been nosying online to find out what level his reading books are at. He really good at understanding the stories, sounding out the words using phonics and realising if the word he's said actually makes sense in the sentence he's reading. So I'm sure he's reading books that are at the right level for him - just convinced myself that he should be reading more complex stuff by now..

He's just gone into Y1 - but is at the older end of the yr - he was 6 in September.

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robinpud · 12/10/2006 18:54

If he's reading stage 10 at the start of year 1 then I don't think you need worry. what do you mean more complex stuff? He'll manage War and Peace soon and you can post on G and T about the trials and tibulations of it all

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 12/10/2006 18:57

oh gawd robin - don't say that - I'm terrified of having a G&T child....sounds daft but I've always thought I'd have 'averagely' bright children I think I'd fall to pieces if one of my were classed as G&T as I'd be terrified of failing them.

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Ladymuck · 12/10/2006 18:58

Sorry QoQ when you say level 10 do you mean level 10 as per Singergirl's list? I thought Storyworld only went up to stage 9?

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 12/10/2006 19:00

Yes - level 10 as per Singergirls list - Stage 5 Storyworlds

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robinpud · 12/10/2006 19:07

Well then, I thought you meant he was a year 1 reading a STAGE 10 Oxford reading tree.
If he is on level 10 as per this link which I have now managed to look at then that is roundabout where I would expect children of year 1 to be. Some would be further on and some not as far. Depends on how pushy an environment they have been in re reading
Is that clearer?

LizP · 12/10/2006 21:11

ds2 has just started year 1 - but is a later birthday so only had two terms in reception - and is also a 10 on that list. I think he is in the top 1/3 of his class reading wise and I also class him as 'averagely' bright. So I would say that your ds is at exactly the right level!

loopybear · 12/10/2006 21:19

I've had children enter year one on level 4 and others on level 10. Don't worry about the level just make reading an enjoyable experience

curlew · 12/10/2006 21:31

Well, my bright, articulate year 1 ds is on level 3 according to that list. Am I bothered? No, and neither should you be. They are still tiny and should be playing all day, not being fitted into boxes and jumping through hoops. Relax, read to him loads have fun with stories and he'll be reading for pleasure before you know it.

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 13/10/2006 16:57

curlew - I'm not trying to make him jump through hoops or fit him into any boxes - I was just concerned that perhaps he wasn't doing as well as should be expected at the age he's at. I struggled with 'basics' at school, although it appeared to the teachers and my parents I was "doing fine" - but I found the going very tough as I got older and had to use 'basic' stuff to help me work out the harder stuff and I really suffered because of it - just don't want DS1 to be in the same position I was in.

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