How Often should book bands be changed?

[Kardashianw]

My ds has been on his colour book band since the start of year 2 he easily finishes the book re tells me the story and answers comprehensive on the book its self.

Should I ask his teacher to maybe move him up a band. I think he could cope. We have tried "other" books at home at a higher level an he can read them.

Thanks

In Y2 we are looking for children to begin to use deductive and evaluative skills in their reading comprehension so not straightforward story recall and retrieving information directly from the text but looking at inference and the authors purpose for using vocabulary and font for example.

So if the child can read these books but couldn't do the things you have mentioned then they don't move up a level?
How come he was moved up fairly quickly in year 1?

because the teacher is looking to develop more basic skills in Y1

I moved most of my Y2 class down the book bands in September

Oh really. Wow! When I went to patens evening she told he was the "best" out of her group of readers and engaging in what she wants them to do.
In Year some of the children jump so high....shouldn't they look for them skills then too or is it different teachers different styles??

What colour book band is he on?

Some of my Y1s haven't moved up since the start of Y1 in September, and I moved a lot of them down then!

As far how often...as often as is necessary for the individual child.

How come he was moved up fairly quickly in year 1?

I can't answer that but I can say why I had to move my class down ... because the Y1 teacher moved them up every time a parent asked

My DD started level 3 at the start of autumn term and is now just finishing it; will probably move onto level 4 within a week or 2 of spring term starting. Surely it's fairly common to spend a term on a level? DD isn't a brilliant reader but she's improving and not far behind the average at her school. She found level 3 hard at the start of term, but is now reading the level 3 books easily. I expect kids vary a lot in terms of how quickly they get through a level, but 1 level a term doesn't seem slow to me, or am I being too complacent?

Depends on the level. The top levels are designed to last a whole year.

But, yes, it's fine to take 3 years to cover the first 9 or 10 levels. So one a term.

I have no idea, dd had been on the same band for what seems like forever, but that might be due to our lax attitude she does read them but barely ever asks me to sign her record. Meh tbh, she does get a bit antsy that other children are on higher book bands , but she can read perfectly well, she is not going to regress due to being on a lower band. She mostly reads her books anyway (when I can tear her away from animal jam).

Ds1's books are changed quite frequently, we are more proactive in the signing and the reading, but he is only on the first levels atm and I don't think he has changed bands yet. Absolutely no harm in having a word with the teacher or putting a note in his record book .

ask the teacher why he hasn't been moved up there may be a reason or they may just have not got around to it yet. I (for the first time) put a note in DS's reading record that I though he might benefit from some of his reading books going up a level and his teacher said she's reassess him as soon as possible and sure enough about 2 weeks later a higher band appeared.

Some of his class have whizzed up the bands and when I do (voluntary) reading with them, they are technically very competent but have a very poor understanding of whats going on, they read like robots and don;t really have the attention span to complete the book or retain the longer more complicated story and pretty much ignore the punctuation. But can read each word quickly and technically correctly. Personally I think that a good situation to move them back a level or even two and focus more on understanding and punctuation etc.

But talk to the teacher to get her/his view.

And, usually, (well, in my school) they will be reading a level or 2 higher, when doing Guided Reading.

Just because they can read 'complicated' words, does not necessarily make for a 'good' reader.