will the teacher think im beng pushy

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if i ask if dd can have 2 books a week instead of 1 to get through them quicker.

dd has just started bringing books home to read, only i have to read the book about 4 pages and she has to read the speech bubbles with 3-4 words a page.

this book is meant to last a week but dd can read the speech bubbles easily and has read most of the book herself with a bit of help.

will she have to read all books at this level before getting one with more words?

will i look a tit asking for morebooks?

should i just let her read it quickly and then ignore for a week or ask for more books?

she has books at home so she doesnt mind.

Personally, I'd take her to the library. The children can ask for an extension book at DS's school, but I think that one extra school book is a bit pants compared to the 6 or so he can choose from the library. It will expand her reading as well.

I wouldn't bother tbh if your DD doesn't mind. You wouldn't look a tit if you approached it gently (ie not accusing them of holding her back or whatever) - but I'll bet they'd say no! I've heard many schools keep everyone the same because otherwise other parents start asking for special treatment etc...

Ask her for aother bok...1 a week is not enough if she is finding it easy!

she has a couple from the library
just hope she doesnt get this same level for the next month as she memorised the speech bubbles so now just parrots them.
oh well, never mind

It's great your DD seems to be doing so well and I do find it a little strange that they only get one book a week, but it may be school policy (are they short of books? how do they organise changing them?)
As a teacher I'd be asking why you want your dd to "get through them quicker"? Racing through a scheme doesn't make a better reader. It can be really frustrating when parents see it as a competition to get thorough the books as quickly as possible, rather than using the books to help their child become better readers.
If a child is making good progress and finding a book unchallenging I usually skip the rest in that set and move on. A better discussion to have with the teacher would be how else you can help your dd at home, explaining how well you think she's doing with the current books. That keeps it all positive and non-confrontational. Hopefully the teacher will agree how well your daughter is doing and may change the level or offer more / different books. If not he/she may be able to suggest appropriate books for you to borrow from the library.

im in no rush, but dd read her words, about 15 in whole book, and then memorised them so she can spout them without looking so whats the point in reading again all week? or is there another way i can use the book to help her?
she has read all through the words im supposed to read, some she couldnt work out some she could so i suppose she is benefitting from that, or maybe i shouldnt have?
what i was saying was if there are 5 books at this level will she have to do all 5, in which case i hope this doesnt take 5 weeks, or can she move on a level so she has to try a bit harder.
but i defineitly dont want the teacherto think im rushing/trying to race through so i will leave it.

You mention "and has read most of te book herself with a bit of help". Keep reading it daily and she'll not need that 'bit of help'. Repetition will reinforce what she is learning. It will be good for her to see those words everyday and they'll sink into her memory more if she sees them daily.

"She memorised the speech bubbles so now just parrots them." Try covering the pictures, read the books backwards and then read them with the pages out of sequence. Get her to read one word from the speech bubble. Say a word to her and ask her if she can find the page that it is on. Write down some of the words on a piece of paper and ask her to read them. Cut up those word and muddle them and ask her to put them in the right order.

And continue with the library books

thanks nbee84, that is very helpful and i will try those ideas about muddling up the words and will let her re-read again and hopefully she will learn the sight words by repetition.
thanks

find some phonics based books in the library.

have got a few but they dont stock the ones dds school uses so ive asked them to order them in if they can.
dd has reread it today and needed less help, then i tried asking her random words which she loved and found hilarious and then asked her to hunt for words so ive tried your ideas and they are a success.
after i spelled out a few of the harder words and she knew which words i was spelling so we are making use of the book.

Is there really all that much value in reading one book seven times? I think your approach would depend on the school. I've popped in to talk about reading books, but this is where there really is an open door policy and they really value parents input as the people who read daily with the children. and the teacher looked at the books and saw that dd was having a bit if a spurt with reading and changed the books. If I didn't expect a warm reception, i'd supplement the school books from outside. It does seem a shame that so many schools seem so touchy about parents commenting on things that parents tread on eggshell. I know some parents take the proverbial, have dealt with it myself as teacher, but a secure professional should be able to deal with it without feeling their professionalism is being threatened. The fact that I know I could pop in and look at dd's books daily if I wanted to means that I actually don't bother.

glad my ideas were good. At this age it's all about making reading fun and enjoyable. There are lots of ways to get children recognising words and learning to read without sitting down with reading books and working your way through a reading scheme.

The time to worry is when the books are so easy that the child is losing interest and is not excited by reading - they all have the odd day like this now and then but if it becomes a regular thing, then that is the time to pop in and see a teacher.

dd has sat and read baby books to her baby sister today showing her the pictures which was cute to see as dd2 is nearly 4 months and was just dribbling at her
while i fed dd2, dd1 sat and read a library book wthout me telling her to, she chose to do it so im letting her take the lead and enjoy it while she is finding it fun to read anything and everything, including the shampoo labels in the shower.
im not afraid to approach her teacher, she is lovely and always makes time to talk, but equally i dont want to act like dd is the only kid in the class and should get special attention iykwim.