Year 1 reading levels and teacher support

[Dentvincent]

DD has just started year 1 and seems to have slipped with her reading. Im not sure if she is being missed at school or isnt moving on at all. School sorts books into different boxes and there seems to be a mixture of different ort books in each box. She started on their box 8 in reception and is now on 20. She was on 20 when she left reception. I'm now looking more closely at these books and there is a big variation. Todays one is level 1 again!! Is there method here - last week she had level 3 but same box. I'm also getting slightly concerned about how often she is being read with at school - so far once all term! We read every night with her and she seems to gallop through most of her books but as they are being set for phonics from 1/2 term, how can they assess her if they don't read with her?

Noomininoo, if your DD was in my DDs yr 1 class she would def be in the top 5 (maybe even 3!). My DD is on red band and I've been in to help listen to some of the class read - of 11 in the class I've sat with only 2 had reached the dizzy heights of yellow band, the rest were on pink and red.

I think your DD is doing really well!! I think mn must just be a breeding ground for little Einsteins!