How often do your children read to someone at school?

[marne2]

I'm in a bit of a battle with the school, dd2 has ASD and her needs are not being met in many ways.

Since going back in September she has read twice ( once on the first week back and once last week ), she is in year 4 but in a mixed class of 3 and 4's, she's a good reader but does not enjoy reading, she has had the same book since she went back in September and is loosing interest.

I'm i right in thinking that they are not reading enough with her?

Dd1 is in year 3 and had only read once this term

DD is Y2 and has only read with her teacher once so far this year too

If she is in year 4 and reads well and you are listening to her 3 times a week then that's loads tbh. If the problem is boredom with her book can you go with her to the teacher and find out where and when she can change it. You could also clarify with the teacher when she is read with and how often. In my dcs' school you'd expect 1xguided (group) reading plus whole class reading at that age (unless a child was behind).

"She would rather read information books, she struggles with story books as her understanding is not at the same level as her reading is."

There is a real problem with the way "literacy" lessons are biased against boys (on average) and ASD children in particular, because such a huge emphasis is put on understanding and predicting the motivations of characters in stories. The school may be keeping your daughter back because they want her to be able to answer that kind of questions in her year 6 SATS (on one estimation, nearly 50% of the "comprehension" questions were like this). But is this in her long-term interests, if it is putting her off reading?

Does she have to read the story books? Would the school know if she didn't? Could you get more interesting books for her from the library? Also, there should be a SEN coordinator in the school you could talk to about this problem.

Thanks Kesstrel,

She takes a information book or a recipe book to bed with her most nights , she also gets a magazine each week and reads it to death and she seems to understand the information books she reads. Probably because they are a lot more interesting to her ( she reads about science, animals, gem stones etc...).

I'm sure story books and comprehension is being pushed because of SAT's, we are finding this with many things ( also her writing and she is starting to use a scribe so she can use one for her SATs ).

I find reading with her very hard as she shows no interest, I might start just reading our own books rather than the school books, we will have parents evening after half term so I can talk to her teacher about it.

I don't know how often Y1 DD is heard at school. It is not recorded in her reading record book. However, she talks about guided reading and seems to say she has guided reading most days. Also the teacher has a relative who is in a number of days a week and hears readers. She reads at home daily because she loves reading.

Having been a Y3 teacher, it is very difficult to hear all the children read weekly. I would hear the poorer readers at least once a week, butthe better readers would be heard less often.

DD made me chuckle today though - she told me her teacher heard her read a bit of her book today. She said 'She had one ear listening to me read and one ear listening to XXX' Fair play for multitasking, teacher!

ds a couple of times a week by the TA and in guided reading by the teacher.

dd in guided reading by the teacher.

My DD is in reception and the teacher or TA listens to her read everyday. Everyday she come homes with comments in her reading record detailing what she has read to them, where she struggled and what she found easy and then we are expected to hear her read every night and also fill in the record daily. To be honest as she is one of the youngest in the year sometimes I simply write "too tired to read tonight".

There are 22 in her class but no parent helpers allowed so a teacher and TA go through the whole class during the day between the two of them.