do you recognise any of these reading schemes?

[yawningmonster]

ready to read
the pm library
storybox
sunshine
If you do know them what would be say the minimum (if such a thing) level expected of a child 7yrs 8mths?
This is not a competitive thread, kind of the opposite, school are being very vague about how behind ds is and wanting to get some idea for myself

I have never heard of any of them. I don't live in England, however!

My DD is 7 years 6 months. What sort of thing does your DS read?

I am familiar with the pm schemes. We were told that an average reader at the end of year 2 should have achieved level 24.
As all schemes different it is hard to compare. Try not to worry. .

Never heard of them but my dd is 7 years and 6 months (i'm also guessing your ds might be in the year above as her birthday is October).

What kind of books does he read? I might be able to help you compare. I'm sure he is fine though!

However- having looked at your profile op you are in New Zealand so 'years' maybe different to the UK.

oops 7 years and 7* months

ah he is no where near level 24 so thanks he is way behind which is all I wanted the school to confirm, we are in NZ and he is term two year 3 here (so has been at school for 2yrs 4mths

But it may be different as I think you start school later in New Zealand to the UK don't you?

It's really difficult to judge whether a child is on track with reading when you compare across countries - reading is taught at such different ages from one country to another.

Thanks but I thought it was worth a try as I am trying to appeal his teacher aide hours and want to have a clear indication of how far behind he is, school won't help because they say he doesn't qualify for any more hours than he has and are very "oh he is progressing steadily himself". He cannot read and write. Again I don't know if you are familiar with them but he cannot manage a level 2 scholastic reader that he is unfamiliar with and can just about manage a level 1.

Can you give an example of a Scholastic reader he can manage, and one he cannot? DD has had some Scholastic readers this year.

he can manage there's a mouse in the house (level 1)
he can almost manage magic school bus ones (level 2) has a lot to do with being read these several times as a youngster thoug
he could not manage a scooby doo (level 2) tonight despite being familiar with all of the characters and most of the words could have been contextually worked out if nothing else (eg mystery) he has watched and been read scooby for approx 2 years and knows the line "looks like a mystery" but read it as "looks like a mmmm don't know) He got stuck on every 4th to 5th word. He doesn't seem to be able to transfer knowledge so a word he can read in one book he knows he can't recognise in a book he doesn't know

It sounds as if he doesn't know how to decode. Was he taught to read using (synthetic) phonics?

they use a mixture of synthetic phonics and whole language and he has been assessed for dyslexic but come back as not. He does do Toe by Toe at school which started this term. He can encode and decode words if given verbally so if given phonemes d o g he would blend them fine and given dog he would break them up fine. With written work he definately prefers to learn by sight. Thanks for your input...I know there are definate issues but school at the mo are saying he is not bad enough to qualify for more help. We have further assessments in the wings (behaviour op in June, connors assessment for ADHD) and he has a diagnosis of Aspergers already

My DD is 7yrs 5months. She is behind her peers in reading and writing and has been assessed by Ed Psych.

We tried toe by toe at home and although I think it is a good scheme we didn't stick with it as she put up so much resistance as it is quite dry and boring and workbook-y. ie the complete opposite of her comfort zone. You might like totake a look at this system. It uses pictures for each sound and links these with the word so the child has to learn to sound out. for example 'ea' in bread would have a different picture above the 'ea' bit than the 'ea' in treat. Because they make a different sound. Almost immediately it takes the confusion and frustration out of knowing how to 'read' a word. Slowly you learn to link the correct sound with the letters in each context. Done through a mix of games and 'trainer text' stories.

It's a long process ( she's currently on lesson 75 out of 225) and it's not cheap, although you can spilt the cost over monthly payments. I decided I'd rather spend my money on this (works out about £2 a day) and do it every day with her than spend £30 a week with the school special lessons....