Hi there, I would like to hear some views on reception year reading books, or I suppose reading books at any stage from school.
Should the book be easy as in the child can pick it up and read and re-tell and answer questions straightaway, with only perhaps 1 word in a book or sometimes no words that they cannot read immediately? These are usually names of people or as an example yesterday 'salamander' which she did not know but when she broke it down phonetically worked it out.
Is this the same for most reception year children, or are the books meant to be more challenging? My DD gets ORT Stage 2 books, which I thought was quite standard for reception year, yet her teacher asked me in September if I was ok with her to doing spelling tests and guided reading with the Year 1s, which she has now done ever since, so I am a little confused, she obviously thinks she reads at a level above her reception year. I have never said anything to her teacher about the books, do you think that she realises that my DD can read straightaway, and reads higher levels at home, and does she just want to 'consolidate' thats the 'in' word isn't it 
I am quite happy to talk to the teacher, but just wanted some views and experiences please.