Could the average Reception age child read this passage?

[Avocadoes]

"I want to go to Lily's party. I will go on the bus, then I will walk. There will be cake and lots of fun. Do you want to come too?"

My DD is nearly 4 and a half and her reading has just been assessed (by school) using the passage above.

I am just interested in whether most Reception kids would be able to read all the words in that passage and do so without halting to figure out each individual word.

[dinkystinky]

God no!

[CharlieBoo]

My ds is 5 and in year 1 and yes now that would be no problem, but a year ago in reception there's no way he'd be able to do all of it.

[learnandsay]

"I want to go to Lily's party. I will go on the bus, then I will walk. There will be cake and lots of fun. Do you want to come too?"


I just asked my four year old Reception starter to read it on my computer screen. She had to sound out Lily, (but got it after two tries.) She also needed two tries with cake. The rest she got with no problem.

[MegBusset]

DS1 wouldn't have been able to at this time last year (his school don't start any phonics work in reception til after October half term). He would have been able to probably by Easter.

[beezmum]

This is an old thread... Thought it didn't make sense at this time of year!

[simpson]

DD read this easily and with no sounding out but she is pretty good at reading (reception)....

[ontheedgeofwhatever]

DD would have been able to but she was above average at reading and well below average at certain other things so I suppose it all evened out

[learnandsay]

Simpson, my dear, how did your daughter get the hang of split digraphs/magic e?

[Bonsoir]

My DD wouldn't have known where to begin, in either of her languages! However, at 8 (tomorrow) she devours books in both English and French nad has a reading age of 11. Please don't worry!

[LeeCoakley]

I'm amazed at so many children after half a term at school can read 'want'. How?

[LeeCoakley]

Ha beezmum, I didn't realise the timing! Even so, 5 months is still pretty good for 'want'

[PiedWagtail]

"I want to go to Lily's party. I will go on the bus, then I will walk. There will be cake and lots of fun. Do you want to come too?"

No. The words that could be sounded out/decoded, maybe, and the HF words on his list to learn in Reception - to, go, lily, party, etc. But words like 'cake' - no, he's just learning that in Year 1. 'Come' and 'walk' are tricky too. what a bizarre sentence!

[learnandsay]

My daughter reads ant and adds a w to make w-ant, and then somehow translates that into want. I think it's because she knows that there's no other word that it could be.

[jojane]

Ds1 would have been able to read that but he is very advanced in reading
Dd who is in reception and was 4 in July would probably only be able to sound put a couple of words, maybe more with lots and lots of help

[LiegeAndLief]

My ds would not have been able to read that until he was about 5.3 and into Y1.

[simpson]

LandS the honest answer is I don't know [blush

She just seemed to watch a few episodes of alphablocks and watched the magic e one a few times and just "knew" it. She is still not perfect but managed this sentence ok...I teach show her the vowels though when she was in nursery (but made it into a game)...

She finds it tougher if the e is not at the end of the word ie "mistaken" but she is getting there

[simpson]

Not teach but did

[learnandsay]

Right. Mine could always read the words which had no alternatives like spade, pole, etc. But till last week she struggled with words which make sense without the e, hate, fate and so on. I taught her magic e and made a game out of it and now she's off. I showed her split digraphs too, just in case she gets introduced to those further up the line. I didn't think she'd take to those so well and maybe she hasn't. But in the car on the way to school she wanted to play the game where you cut open the word and put letters in. So we did. I guess it's not all that hard after all.

[learnandsay]

What does your daughter make of c sounding like s in words like reception?

[youarewinning]

My August born DS wouldn't have been able to read it all either. He probably would have got cake though

Hes 8yo and year 4 now and just read it but slowly

[Iceaddict]

My ds 4.7 can read words like got, get, it, and, mum, dad etc. he's struggle with stuff like do on his own as he would read 'd-o' not 'doo' iyswim. And he would sound some of the letters out before he knows what the word says

[RyleDup]

Dd could read most of it, apart from Liily's, party and cake, where she would try to sound it out and need a bit of help. She's 5.2, in reception at the moment.

[RyleDup]

She wouldn't be able to read it quickly though.

[maizieD]

I'm amazed at so many children after half a term at school can read 'want'. How?

Probably because it is one of the old '45 YR/1 High Frequency Words' which many teachers still waste focus lots of time on teaching the children by way of flash cards of the whole word.

It may be a 'useful' word but I wonder if these children could also read 'wash' and 'wasp' (which follow the same principle of 'a' after a 'w' sounds as /o/)