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What would you do about this?

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cedmonds · 05/05/2011 18:18

Hi Ds is in year R. He has missed a lot of school due to ill health and being in and out of hospitalHe is on ORT level2. He got moved up tostage three for two books which i thought he read fine and they moved himbackdown again. He used to love reading and now he hates it he says his books are too easy and boring. When I can get him to read which is most nights he reads the book in seconds and understands what he is reading etc. Any ideas

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BarbarianMum · 05/05/2011 18:26

Go and talk to his teacher. Explain that you are concerned he is losing his motivation. Ask why he was moved back down. Could it be that he is not showing what he can do at school?

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cedmonds · 05/05/2011 18:34

Hi thanks i think i will chat to his teacher tomorrow she is impossable to talk to!! I wrote a note in his reading record but she didn't reply or anything. I have spoken to a few of the helpers for reading and they say that he is wizzing though the books when he is reading and all the comments are read very well etc.

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wheresthepimms · 05/05/2011 18:35

We had this at the start of this year with DS7 we ginned the books from school and read our own from home and the library. He then changed schools and went up 4 levels in one day at the new school. Talk to his teacher but if she says he doesn't understand what he is reading then I would just use your own, not long till the new school year and new teacher anyhow :)
My DS complained it was hard at school to understand what you were reading as they kept interrupting him to see if he understood then he lost what he was reading.

BarbarianMum · 05/05/2011 19:03

Maybe make an appointment to talk to her (or tell her that you would like to talk to her and ask when would be convenient). That way you should be sure of her undivided attention (and it will be harder for her to brush you off, if she is that way inclined).

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cedmonds · 05/05/2011 19:04

HI thanks he has got the same teacher for another year He has just read his reading book in seconds and understood what he had read. It is really putting him of reading which he really enjoyed before.

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dikkertjedap · 05/05/2011 19:06

I would get some books from the library or book shop and read them instead (and record that in the learning journal).

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cedmonds · 05/05/2011 19:11

Hi I have just book the first phonics books and he said i cant read them mrs x said they were to hard. He is now reading them fine and really enjoying them.
I will write it down in his reading record and see what they say!!

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rebl · 05/05/2011 19:52

Do you go to the same school as my dd?

I'm having very similar issues. And the teacher isn't approachable. We're going for the 'doing our own thing at home' method now.

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cedmonds · 06/05/2011 12:09

At least its just not are teacher the is not approchable then. I have a appointment with her after school today so see what is said.

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PastSellByDate · 06/05/2011 15:17

I had a similar problem with my dd in Y1 (including difficult to speak to teachers). We did the meeting with teachers thing and the posting a question on Mumsnet thing. We were advised to do our own thing when I posted a similar question on Mumsnet earlier this year. I also decided that as a Mum I actually missed the pleasure of selecting books and reading them with both of my dd (elder dd Y3).

We've been happily reading school books 2 or 3 nights a week, reading books the girls select 2 or 3 nights a week and either my husband or me reading a chapter of a book to them which we can enjoy together as a family (and reading to them from some of the old classics like Charlotte's Web, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, etc.... from our own childhoods as well as some new things for this generation like Lemony Snicket). We've even gradually introduced everybody reads a bit and pass the book around between us (purposely selecting easier bits for our youngest).

Teacher's endlessly say 'as long as they're reading, it doesn't matter what they read' - so take them at their word. It felt odd at first but everybody is enjoying reading so much more, we'd never go back to just reading what the school selects. We also all like the return of bedtime stories, especially when they aren't just homework, but are for the fun & love of reading.

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