DO you listen to reading? GOD you can tell alot about a kid cant you

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i FIND it so intersting frm a noseynessfactor.

theers one girl i am about to register a concern about
she is exhausted tbh and all is NOT well

and another one who comaed form the most disadvantaged background but is a JOY and so good at reading comidering the upbringin sh e has

I'm afraid I generally find out most about whether they know their sounds and can put them together properly... and it doesn't greatly cheer me

the little girl with the not so great upbringing may just have a natura; ability which is just wonderful for her. I hope she is encouraged to enjoy books and continue to flourish

but how they look ay yje pics, how they interract etc

i listen to year 3

how old are the kids you teach/listen to Hallgerda???

yes i hope so
i always make a fuss.
shes a luagh too
i ahev MOVED HER ON up a level.
w e are both pleased.

I find you can tell more about them when you open their book bags to put letters in and discover the last 3 weeks letters still in there - and how often their reading book gets 'initialled'.

yep I'm nosey too

is aid to the teacher re disadvantaged one that i owndered if hse was sterotyped byt he fmaily ( well known) she comes from..
w e agreed maybe.

there is an ODOUR problem.

i always 'sniff' them - some smell so sickly from sweet cereals.some over powering fabric conditioner. You can do a full social survey - cant help it

I listened to a child once and he started the session by saying "I aint reading this sh1t!" "my shoes are sh1t aint they?" This was of course designed to shock me but I calmly said choose another book then, I like your shoes etc etc He started to read (informing me that he would read 1 page them bugger off)and then (34 pages later) I couldnt get him to stop.

Funnily enough I now read with his sibling and its like cloning!!LOL

lol otter. Have visoins of you sniffing the kids like bear does off 'Bear in the big blue house'

blees em

god i sued to teach this kid ( year 7) who smleled divine. really clean
he was gorgeour looking
black, lovely short hair
lovely clean shirt
i lOVEd it when he came to my desk.

"please miss dont let that otter come to read , it sniffs me"

finger nails are a ded give away too, especially first thing in the morning before they've had chance to dig in the dirt

i swear when i changed to an after lunch slot some of them used to have bad breath - really put me off.
Never used to bathe my kids every day until i heard readers - you learn alot about smells!

I used to read with the whole class (Yr 1)and was always surprised at the varying abilities of children the same age.

I used to go in on Monday morning when they were all supposed to have read over the weekend and brought their books in signed etc. It was always the same ones who hadn't read or didn't even bring their book bags. It made me much more aware of actually doing it with my own kids as there may be some nosey sod in their class who would look down their nose at me if we hadn't!

you fall in love with the nice ones and could take them home!

otter - you need soem of that stuff that Qunicy puts under his nose when he finds a corpse

Year 5 I'm afraid, Trinity. The school is doing Jolly Phonics with those who are struggling most, which does seem to be working.

People on here frequently say it's perfectly fine that teachers don't routinely listen to reading, but I do wonder whether some of the children I've listened to would have had their problems picked up earlier had they read to a teacher more often. Expecting parents to sort their own children's problems out is unrealistic when they can't read themselves, or if they have eight children.

A telling thing is where they put their hands when they are reading!

One lad by the 2nd line they are down his trousers everytime!

Omg, feeling paranoid here, but if, say, a child reads prolifically at home but rarely brings home his reading record and seems incapable of choosing books he actually wants to read in school then obviously that would give a falsely bad impression. And some children just are permanently grubby except for the 5 minutes or so after a bath.
And the smell of fabric conditioner is HIDEOUS and very noticeable when you don't use it.

in year three we only hear the bad ones or th ones who are neglected. ( not necc linked to income too)

Crikey, i've just volunteered to start listening to reading in reception, and now i'm all worried. Any tips? Must i stop using fabric conditioner in case the kids sniff me?

no bit find out fomr the teacher how much leeway you have to write thigns int he book and if youc na change levels or shewants to do that etc