Reading - change books after reading them once?

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DS is on stage 9 of the ORT now and is just turned 6.

He has gone up from stage 2 in August - and has started to really enjoy reading.

I'm not sure if I'm moving through the books too fast. I'm getting them myself from the library

He reads most of the stage 9 fluently and gets stuck on the odd word which is not phonetic

Do you think it's ok for him to read a book once and then change it I he seems to have the hang of it.

He often asks to read 2 or more books in a day and I have to limit it as I have other things to do and he needs to sleep sometime.

I'm worried I'm zooming through too quickly but it feels like progress to change the books.

I think it's fine if he can read it well the first time. If that's what he wants to do. DD loves re-reading, she'll read all her library books twice the day she gets them never mind the rest of the week. DS not so, mostly he just wants to read things once. (Except a few favourites which get read in rotation over and over.) We ask him to re-read school books if we feel it would help e.g. to get more expression, or if we thought he hadn't really followed the story, or if there were more than 1 or 2 words he needed help/sounding out on.

At that sort of level I think it's a lot about talking about the books as you go anyway. You know if they're getting it or not.

My Ds normally read books from library once, but if he liked the story, he would borrow it again and read it again.

When my ds was in reception, he often brought home 1 reading homework book, and 2 extra from school library and read it everyday. If he liked the book, he borrowed again. He shot through school reading scheme.

Until he started to read long chapter books, he used to go through books so quickly, but I never limited the number he reads. He reads one to me, and rest to himself, so I can get on with things.

If my ds was stuck with some words, I used to ask him to write it down, and look up the dictionary, if I wasn't reading with him. (Buying a electronic dictionary made it really easy for him.)

Sound like your DC is doing fab!

Oh, and if read books to himself, I always asked what he thought about it, if he liked it, what was it about, etc., afterwards.

I knew he was a good reader, but I was concerned about his comprehension, so we started to do comp. web site end of YR1.

mrnussbaum.com/readingpassageindex/

www.readtheory.org/

From stage 2 to stage 9 in 3 months? Sorry, but I think that's far too fast. Average in school is...what...2-4 levels progress a year? I know it can come in spurts but 7 whole levels in 3 months is one heck of a spurt!

I would be careful that he's not blazing through them because he's good at decoding but maybe not understanding the stories fully.

Ds2 is 5 and in Year 1 and on ORT stage 6. He's powered through the books and was put up to stage 7 which he had no problem reading - but his memory of the story and understanding of what was actually happening definitely took a downturn when he hit stage 7 (Asking questions like 'So what do you think she meant by that?' - he had no idea).

He's gone back to stage 6 but is now reading the 'more stories' and the other series of ORT stage 6 like the non-fiction ones for breadth of reading rather than stretching his decoding further iyswim?

I would let him read it once, but then offer him another book at the same level: different story, similar vocabulary.

I combined the ORT with Usborne Beginners books to give mine some extra stories. You could see if they have them in the library. Some of them are lovely stories.

I think once child "get it", they can zoom through reading levels. Some children get it early, some little later. Certainly my child did.

But like SummerNights1986 says, just because child can read the book easily, it doesn't always mean they can understand the story properly.

I think once decoding comes easy, it's the time to start working more on comprehension, vocabulary etc.

Mine have zoomed too, I think it's fine as long as they're enjoying the stories. Once decoding stops being a barrier, it's more about their understanding levels - which also may not be a barrier if you've been reading them more complex stories for years.

My elder two children have varied alot with reading

One has made steady progress and is stage 9 at nearly 8 years old

The other zoomed through and was a free reader at the start of year 2 (summer born too)

Sounds like your ds has mastered reading to me

Once they know the high frequency words of y1/2 they can read 50% of any given book.
Ask for a copy of those and see how he does.
He needs to comprehend .. whats the book about, what will happen next, why did x do y, re tell the story in order of events. Explain in own words. Etc