Year 2 reading

[givemeavodka]

My ds is on green level books and reads a mixture of books at school ,ginn, ort etc. He was reading this at this level last easter(year 1)and has changed schools but is still on this level. They seem to be very slow at progressing through the levels.
Is this average or below target , i am guess by Easter for the SAT's he will have gone up a few book bands colours and by the end of the year 2 maybe another colour band again?!!
So i guess my question is, is he on target for the year? thanks

I think your son sounds quite normal. Does he have a good grasp of phonics? I was chatting with the literacy coordinator and at my dd's school they like them to be able to read to Orange band level for SATs. So I would expect your son to be higher than that by then.

DD's school like children to get to green by the end of Y1, so from that point of view your DS sounds right on track.

However, most children don't learn in a nice linear way . You may well find in Y2 that everything clicks and he makes huge progress, or alternatively he might get temporarily "stuck" and seem to make no progress at all for a while.

Hi givemeavodka:

ORT reading levels chart here: www.oup.com/oxed/primary/oxfordreadingtree/chart/

Basically Green band looks to be where you'd expect most Y1 pupils to be by the end of Y1, so your DS sounds 'on track'.

What I would say is that sometimes at the beginning of the school year, teachers will start a large group of children (so more than one reading group) on the same book or books, just to start to sort out their own impressions of ability.

Remember that some children do next to nothing over the summer and may also have forgotten quite a bit, whilst others have been continuing to read and develop skills.

Wait and see what reading group he is ultimately put into (you usually can tell roughly whether this is with strong/ middle or low ability pupils).

Go into reading morning (if your school offers one) and support reading - this is also useful time to ask teachers questions about supporting your son's reading that you might have.

Wait and see how quickly this teacher progresses children through reading levels.

If you're a bit concerned try and ensure that you're regularly reading at home. You don't have to just read the books sent home from school, you can read your own books/ books from the local library as well to spice up at home reading. I'm sure the school won't mind.

HTH