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

[100PerCentCod]

i FIND it so intersting frm a noseynessfactor.

I asked one little girl (Y1, so 5 or 6) whether she'd read either of the books in her bag already. She said "Nah, me mum don't let me do reading at home". I thought that was so sad. I mean, it probably wasn't really true - her mum probably says things like "Not now" or "I haven't got time", but still....

We sign the reading records too, so you get to see which parents never hear them and which ones are always writing "I think Jocasta is ready to move up to the next level".

I asked one little girl (Y1, so 5 or 6) whether she'd read either of the books in her bag already. She said "Nah, me mum don't let me do reading at home". I thought that was so sad. I mean, it probably wasn't really true - her mum probably says things like "Not now" or "I haven't got time", but still....

We sign the reading records too, so you get to see which parents never hear them and which ones are always writing "I think Jocasta is ready to move up to the next level".

i aksed ( in a nice way0 today if ds2 coudl have a book where there may poosible be ONE word that he doesnt knwo
arf
i cirnged as i did it.

Yes when you get the teachers trust they sometimes ask what you think .... i used to be a good mummy when i only had 3 - now i sit at home reading the laptop screen with babies playing round me

I digress

Grrrr.
I never know what to write in that little book.
And I have been known to forget book bags.
And ds is permanently filthy.
And sometimes we don't read the book that comes home becasue ds would rather read his library books.

Judge away I say.

Ymm
wht if oyu are a qualified teaacher htough

I was a Year 7 form tutor last year. The kids walked into the classroom and sat down. From that, and only that, I picked out the two boys and two girls who I thought would generate the most work for me re behaviour. I didn't teach any of them, so there I could be no bias on my part.

I was 100% right. Spooky. And before I'm pilloried they were not just 'poor'.

Cod - please reassure me that you are not a qualified teacher (as well as she who must be obeyed) - or heaven help those learning to spell/type under your patronage

Cod, I'm a qualified teacher. But I know bugger all about teaching a child to read.

Fortunately ds is pretty good at reading, so I don't think I'm too harshly judged on that score. But I have had a few arsey comments from a certain parent helper along the lines of 'no comment in the record again today Mrs Brastraps.'

Grrrrr

note to myself:
must bath ds more often

DS has just been moved up a level. His first book on the new level he struggled with one word - material. Maybe he should have been moved up sooner.

this is why I am sooooooooooooooooo glad mums don't help with reading at dd1s school

hmm i am to
you do learn more about it the more you do it

we haev been given advice on word attack skills and all that
very useful.

I didn't know you were moonlighting from Magistrating Cod?

Any tips for listening to readers? What do you do if they get stuck on a word? Or guess? Or say 'mummy; NO says NOT, not NO!!' (ie I know best mum)

oh God, I'm paranoid now. Judgmental bas tards

I don't have a problem with it in theory. I listen to ds read at home. A similarly untrained person can hear him read at school. That's fine.

But when people read so much into dirty fingernails, well, it pisses me off a bit actually.

why?
cos hteyw ill find out you dont wash the kids?

i think that was tongue in cheek
theres a differenc ebetween neglecta dn a mucky pup

am i really going ot have to check nails etc before she leaves the house?

am i bugger.

she's clean enough so sod it

and if oyu read hte thread(!) youll see that coming from a house famed fo its neglect chez nous dos not always mean that hte kids arent delightful

I was given the following advice feom the SENCO where I work (ds struggles with reading).

If they are finding it hard going, the following can help.

Read along with them, this gives them confidence, and when they get stuck on a word if you sound out the beginning they can often 'get' the word.

Read alternate lines. This allows them to understand the story, which helps enjoyment, fkuenct and confidence and cen re-inforce hard words.

Read alternate pages (as above)

yes htose magic key playscripts i always get them to give me a part
i was "teddy " today and kept fluffing my lines
he liked that