My dd is just finishing the equivalent of Y1 (we are not in the UK) in a bilingual international school. In English, she has been given a range of reading books every week throughout the year. She finds reading hard (I think she is on level 5, but I'm not sure about that). We are currently in the middle of all sorts of evaluations to find out why. In the meantime, and particularly over the 9 week summer vacation, I'm looking for some books I can have her read aloud to keep up her practice. Any recommendations that fit (or even don't fit) with the following criteria would be great. Likewise any tips for other ways of keeping her going and boosting her confidence over the break.
- Her reading stamina is not great, so short books that she can finish in one or two sittings would be great. Then she re-reads them to her little sister to reinforce her reading, help her feel clever, etc.
- She is still reading books with lots of contextual pictures to help with understanding. We haven't tried longer chapter books or books without pictures. I don't know how she'd cope with these.
- She greatly prefers fiction to non-fiction
- Her understanding is extremely good and she is very interested in complex topics, so there is a vast gap between the books she is able to read herself, and the stories that she wants to hear. Any suggestions for books that will help her bridge this gap would be wonderful.
Thank you!