She is just turned 8 years old and the youngest in her year 4 and only began at this primary last year....she'd been at a private prep and when she arrived at her new school, they found gaps in her learning so put her on Read Write inc, Overcoming Maths Barriers and Rapid Reading programme. (I am very grateful for all the school have done by the way)
A note came home yesterday to let me know she has made "Very good progress" and that she's still being kept on the extra help on a weekly basis.
Is that ok? Or should I be hoping she'd be off the extra help now?
Some of her levels were behind when she began but she moved up 2 levels in everything over year three...and is now right where she is meant to be and above in something (I can't remember which!)
The teacher wrote a note on the letter to say that her reading is "Extremely fluent" and her spelling is in the top 5% of the class....but she's still needing help with comprehension and putting good sentences together when she writes a story or essay.
She reads books meant for young teens generally (I choose appropriate ones for her age!)
She is very, very shy and I wonder if she's not responding well to questions about stories because of this? How can she read and enjoy What Katy Did and Rebbecca of Sunnybrook Farm for example and yet not be good at comprehension?