year 1 Reading

[Orangeboat]

Could anyone tell me what colour books a year one child should be reading at this early stage in the school year.

Anything from pink to orange in my class. In other words, how long is a piece of string?

As above, google oxford reading levels, or ort reading levels.

My ds is y1, pretty with it, on orange. (Pink, red, yellow, blue, green, orange....) he is a winter born so one of the older ones.

My DS is on green. There is one boy in his class on turquoise, one girl on orange. Others range all the way up from pink.

Think we are still on red - level 2? (Biff & Chip). But he's starting to realise others are WAY ahead of him so hoping for a surge forward soon!

Surely they're all on different levels?

It really does depend on the child. Some are more keen than others!

DD1 was on brown by the end of yr 1 - having just started yr 2 she is now a free reader.

DD2 has just started yr 1 and is currently on turquoise.

I did some volunteering in a different primary school last year and it was a mixed YR/Y1/Y2 (tiny village school). I think the banded books in their classroom only went up to blue, which I thought was a little disheartening!

I saw a handy chart recently, I'll see if I can find it. It was a good visual rough guide to colour banding...

Here it is! Was on MN after all that!

www.mumsnet.com/learning/reading/what-are-reading-schemes

My DS is on stage 9 which I think is gold, but he's taken to reading very early on and went through the stages quickly. There is a broad range of normal!
Why can't you get her assessed sooner, if you suspect she is dyslexic? Have you asked her teachers?

@Maki79

What, exactly, makes you think she might be 'dyslexic'?

Also, the likelihood of getting a statement for dyslexia is very, very low.

I'm not an expert at all, but Maki79 I think that whilst she can be diagnosed dyslexic, that doesn't mean she will be statemented. I believe that a statement is very unlikely to be given for dyslexia alone.

Maki79, do you mean dyslexia diagnosis? you are right, the child needs to be at least 7.
If you are referring to the Statement of Special Educational Needs they are not issued anymore. Education Health Care Plan is the new name.

Both school and us are very hopeful ds will get an EHC plan, he is 7 and in y3 and still on ORT level 2. But his main issue is sensory difficulties and he has a dx of ASD.
IPSEA and SOS! SEN will be able to advice you.

It depends on what her needs are, school wants full time 1:1 for ds.

Red. And she's a sept born. This thread has me worried

My Year 1 boy is on Pink - ORT level 1+ (Floppy's Phonics). He's starting to get there with sounding out words, plus he knows about 30 sight words now, so I'm hoping for lots of progress throughout this year.

Repeat

'In Europe they don't teach them to read until they are 7'

Don't sweat it, seriously. Early reading is no indicator of later ability. Studies show that children who learn to read early don't always develop the enthusiasm for books that later readers do.

Make sure you read to your DC, enjoy stories, language and words together. The rest will take care of itself.

I still read every night to my year 4 DS.

little one is in year 1 and on purple band but is winter born

Changes to the SEN code of practice that became law in September means there will be no new statements issued and as maizieD says it is very unlikely that a child would have been awarded a statement for dyslexia alone ... Of course that doesn't prevent the school providing 1-1 if they believe it is necessary.
A child can be diagnosed with dyslexia at any age ...

I've just looked and we are on blue not red. Phew.