DS has just begun year 2 in his small independant school...10 in the class. they read the Ginn reading 360 books and though he is fine he is a bit bored by the stories and they push him a bit because he probably could do better...his level is as expected though so they are not at all worried and neither am I.
He was just coming to the end of level 4 last week and today he came out with a new book...I saw it was a different colour and asked his teacher who was next to me...Oh has he moved on to a new level? "Yes" she said..."now he's on level 4"
I said "Hasn't he just done level 4?" As I know he has completed it all...and she said "No" quite clearly.
Ilooked at his parent to teacher book on the way home which is a book where teacher and parent write feedback to one another on the DCs reading..and she had written clearly "Try level 4"
But when I got home, the new book is level 5! As I knew it should be! Is his teacher losing her marbles or is this kind of mistake usual? It seems odd that she told me verbally and had already written it down in his book!
She is new and very keen...so...am I worrying or is this kind of thing normal? I find it irritating as not sure now how DS is doing...and please don't advise me to stop stressing about levels...they stick to the levels in order in his school and I have been told that he needs to pull his weight a bit more about reading...he is very capapble when it comes to reading things other than what he has been given at school!