Encouraging DD with her reading

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DD1 is in yr 2. She is on Turquiose reading level. She is the only one in her class at that level, everyone else is higher (confirmed by teacher).
I swing from being slightly concerned to fairly laid back about it knowing that all dc develop at a different rate and she also tends to suddenly jump in progress. We read every night and encourage her as much as possible. Her teacher at parents evening said she needed to work on her reading but didn't seem massively concerned.
The big problem is that dd knows that everyone else is on a higher reading level and we have frequent meltdowns over this. After yet another weekend of tears and tantrums I'm floundering.

So two questions really

• is there anything else I can be doing to help dd? and more importantly how can encourage dd and stop her feeling like a failure when she's not?

4 1/2 almost exactly.

Exactly the same as DS! And they sound on a similar level, maybe he's not quite as good at reading as yours.

Well, mine's been at it for a while now.

I think I'm in the middle really -
I'm not particularly worried about dds reading level more worried about how dd views it but I don't think she is being stigmatised by the school - its more how she personally views things.
I think what I'm asking is how I can reassure dd that she is doing ok so she doesn't feel she is a failure when she's not but my guess was that its going to be tricky to do whilst she's still on the level she is which is why I was asking for tips.
Haven't had the opportunity to corner her teacher but will try this week.
Thanks all!

If I was batting on the wicket that you're on I'd be after tips on hiking her up a reading level or two. I'd read a few books one or two levels up, get my daughter to read them to me, note down the mistakes and their frequencies and then iron them out. Then I'd send my daughter into school with a book on the same level as some of the others. And I'd also read a few a few levels ahead of that too and repeat the procedure some time later in the year to ensure that we didn't slip back again into the same position later on.

I think you need to explain that the level is good for someone in Y2 and that sometimes it's better to take your time and do something really thoroughly than rush and miss out important things you need to learn.