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how do I approach dd not being heard to read?

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m0therofdragons · 03/11/2014 21:58

I really don't know if I'm over-reacting. Dd's school is very good (outstanding according to ofsted) and dd is doing very well. She's in y2 but is working at a y4 level in numeracy, reading and writing.
I understand that there are dc in her class who struggle with reading obviously they should read more than dd but we had a school meeting in September where the head said all ks1 dc would read to an adult once a week and they would also all read once a week in a group. Both would be recorded in their reading books.
Over the last 7 weeks, dd read in a group twice and read to an adult 3 times - the third time being after I pointed it out to the teacher (who is lovely) that dd hadn't read for 3 weeks. We read every night at home and the books sent home seem completely the wrong level - we whiz through them then read a better book from home.
I don't want to be that annoying, complaining parent and clearly dd us doing well but it feels like dd is overlooked because she's doing well.
What do I do, if anything?

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capsium · 04/11/2014 19:19

My point is that teachers should not be overly relying on volunteers to point out problems / change book levels. Even when there are volunteers hearing children read, the teacher should still be, regularly, hearing every child read, in order to assess and extend their learning.

m0therofdragons · 05/11/2014 00:04

Only because the staff have clearly told me what to expect regarding reading and it isn't happening. They tell us as parents to read every night with dc (which I do) and if parents aren't doing this then the school calls them in so I guess it bugs me that they're not keeping their end of the agreement. It also affects dd as she sees other dc getting 1:1 but she's left out.
To clarify levels dd is working at the level they would expect a year 4 child to be at. They've changed levels this year so I have a number school have given us but not sure how it relates to the old system. She was a 2A in February last year (year 1) and her school definitely uses levels in ks1 - clearly written in her report.
She does extension work in class and it is differentiated but her reading books don't seem to match this. She read today but just gets the "fabulous reading" comment and my comment in the book asking about what we should be getting out of the books (worded politely) has been totally ignored.
I was a good reader and rarely read to my teacher which was fine until I went to secondary and had to read out loud in class, I was terrified. That probably adds to my concern, but I'm not losing sleep just feel her school reading books are pointless but by telling dd that I'm undermining her teacher.

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KnittedJimmyChoos · 05/11/2014 12:17

If your child is reading at year 4 standard then is there really any need for her to read individually every week

well yes, they have got her on the wrong level books.

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