Anyone in the know about SRA cards?

[Chocovore]

DS has been talking about these a lot lately. I gather theybare sort of Verbal Reasoning cards with multiple choice questions? He is in Y3 and he tells me he has gone up 6colour bands and has gone up from Aqua to Blue - apparently the highest in his class. I'm not sure he has this right though. He is not in the top group so I would be very surprised.

Does anyone know where I can find details of the colour progression and what this might equate to in terms of NC levels?

SRA is a reading comprehension programme
The box colours are yellow, blue, red & green.

I did SRA cards at school in the 70s.

I did them in the 80s. I loved them so very much! Loved being able to work at my own pace. No idea on levels though, sorry.

Me too Sparkling Brook. I trust they have been updated in the meantime! As far as I recall there were several levels the highest was gold and they were reading comprehension cards.

Can't link chockovore but produced by McGraw Hill - just google

I remember the huge box I bet it wasn't huge at all.

I was always so bloody jealous of the kids who did the SRA cards. I wasn't allowed, we all did a test at the start (this would've been in 2nd or 3rd year juniors (we were in the same classroom for two years and had the same teacher, so I can't date the memory better than that) so Y4 or 5) and me and one of the boys were already off the scale for it so that was that. :( We weren't completely left to our own devices in those sessions though, the teacher would bring in 'special' books for us to read (like watership down, that was one of his I adored) and then write book reviews on and answer questions on. But still. No shiny white cards for us. :(

Oh interesting! I din't remember them from my schooling but perhaps I am too old! Lol.

Will look up McGraw Hill. Thanks all.

Metebelis3, yes you have triggered my awful memory of finishing SRA and being forced to read the contents of the school library! I was just left to my own devices though, feeling really self conscious and not learning anything for two years. Not great preparation for secondary.

I did them in the 80s too! Ooh sorry to hijack thread but since there are some other SRA-ers here - I remember one card that had an extract of a story on that I have been searching for forever.

It was about a boy and a girl, a pool, a knife. There were rhodedendrons. Someone threw the knife in the water and it hissed.

Does this ring a bell with anyone?

SRA seems to be making quite the comeback! I used it in the 80s as a pupil and my DD school has just introduced it. Great approach to developing reading skills and general knowledge!

I remember there was a lot of 'I'm on Aquamarine' etc. Happy memories.

The SRA reading Labs have been around since the 1950s Chocovore and are a great resource

I did SRA in the 80s!