If your DC is in Year 1, what reading stage are they on?

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I am just curious as to what the expected level is for reading in Yr1 i.e. what is considered to be 'normal', 'advanced' etc.

I think the last book DS got was and ORT Stage6 book, they have just moved onto colour banding at his school, I'm not sure but I think that's orange?

He is one of the better readers in his class, but by no means the best.

His friends vary from still on stage 1+ to ORT7/8, whatever colour that is.

Iamnotminterested love it, witty post form you as always

Never ever ever ask that question on MN! You will get loads of responses about children reading Harry Potter/Chronicles of Narnia/Great Expectations...and it will just depress the hell out of you...

I thankyou

Thank you for your responses

Ds1 is on Stage 6 (ORT books) which seems as if it is average as I thought - however, it is a bit frustrating as he reads them easily and is reading much more complex books/words at home but his teacher does insist on them reading all the books before moving up a stage

As said before there's a wide range in year 1. I do reading one morning a week in ds's class and the range of abilities was quite a shock first time round. They range from red up to at least purple on the chart here
There is also a clear difference between the boys and girls.

Dlamis thank you for that link - I want DS1 to be on the stripy one at the end just because it looks very cool

When you say difference between boys and girls, I assume you mean the girls are much better?

I suppose I can be quite proud of DS1 as he is a July-born boy so disadvantaged on 2 counts

The range in DD's Y1 class is pink - turquoise.
The range in DS's Y1 class (2 years ago, same school) was pink-free reading.

I think blue/green is the "norm" at this stage. DD's school "expects" children to be on at least orange/turquoise at the end of the year (though some children are slow starters and don't click with reading till Y2).

Yes the girls were generally better, although it was one of the boys who was way ahead of everyone else. I just sat like while he read.

Fortunately they don't have to read every book at ds's school, they move them on when they are ready.

Surely if they are ready, then not moving them on is holding them back imho.

AFAIK dd's class ranges from band 2 to band 9.
Interestingly all but 1 of the top group are girls.

I have absolutely no idea as DD's school use loads of books from different ranges, have developed their own colour banding system and strongly discourage us from comparing. If it helps she's on level 9 ORT, just finished level 6 Ginn and reading Usborne factual books

I'm not convinced that gender makes a difference to reading ability,personally. My year 1 dd is on gold band and her class ranges from red to lime band readers. I help in the classroom once a week and the 2 children on lime band (band 11) are boys.

DS is on lime band

I work in Y1. In the current class we have children on lilac/pink up to turquoise at the moment, although a couple are probably about ready to move up again. Massive difference between abilities in year 1 ime from non readers to those reading almost fluently.

I think stage 6 is higher than the norm for year 1 to be honest.

I also think the range is too vast to actually pin down what is 'the norm'.

As long as progress is being made, each child is doing well.

I would have though that it all starts to level out towards the end of year 2.

DD is on White I think - ORT stage 11. Best reader in her class is a boy.

DS when in Y1 was about level 6 or possibly 7 of ORT.

In DD's class they move up bands when it is right for them - they definitely don't have to read every book.

Here is a chart on from Oxford University Press:

www.oup.com/oxed/pdf/ORTReadingAges.pdf

It shows which ORT levels correspond with each term of each school year and also the recommended age.

For year 1 term 1, they suggest level 3.
For year 1 term 2 (now), they suggest level 4.
For year 1 term 3, they suggest level 5.

It is interesting that everybody who has given the reading level of their own child on this thread (rather than the class range) has put a higher level than the OUP suggestion of level 4. My DS is on level 4 and he is in year 1.

girl ?
Boy ?
birth month ?
older siblings ?
younger siblings ?
number of books in the house (to the nearest 100) ?
number of TVs in the house ?
SAHM / working / separated / nanny ?

only once all of those (and more) have been adjusted for can ANY meaningful comparison of year 1 reading levels be made as children develop at such different rates

What coconuts said.

And if the boys are behind the girls, it's likely to be because people keep going on about it and so expected standards are lower and parents may not prioritise sitting down and reading with boys.

And just for iamnotinterested, yes, all three of mine were free readers at that point. (suck it up) There were also children in the class who still had difficulties with their own name. norms, schmorms. Some of those children were well caught up in yr 2, some of them were still very much struggling. Some had a sudden epiphany and pretty much learnt to read almost overnight. Which was v cool, as they went from being in the depths of despair every time reading was mentioned, to bubbling over with excitement at their new accomplishment. and thrilled to be able to share it.

I can honestly say that six years later, it's pretty much impossible to tell which were which.

MWITA (Groan) Definitions of "Free Readers" vary hugely from school to school etc etc; A FR in one may still be way down the reading scheme in another.

My DC's school has 34 levels.

I always find it interesting when kids are reading white/lime etc at this stage in year 1, or even before. Lime corresponds to nc level 3c. Are all these advanced readers reading at that level in year 1?

DS1 one of the top 2 readers in his class when in year 1 and was just starting stage 7/turquoise at this point of the year. He is now in year 2 and reading 11/lime and expected to achieve 3a in reading at the end of this year.

Dd currently in year 1 and 5 books into level 5, expect she'll be moved on to level 6 during this half term. Her teacher said at parents evenings she is in the 2nd of 5 groups.