Hello
My son is 8 and in year 3
The teacher is a maternity leave cover and well....it's not going that well really.
Ds is very able. Teachers words, not mine. He is doing some year 4 work for maths and has lovely handwriting (for a leftie!) and loves reading.
Or should I say loved? 😞
The school uses the accelerated reader programme so the kids read a book then do a quiz. Children cannot move up a level til they have 4 "good" quiz scores.
However, the choice of books is really poor...the school do acknowledge this so I'm not sure there is anything to be done there.
Ds is starting to hate reading,
The books are boring and old.
He struggles to find one that interests him and ergo his scores aren't always great - sometimes only 60% - and I think it's also because he does the quizzes in class he gets distracted.
Anyway, I've written notes in his reading record and had a word at parents evening.
No joy. He has to do it and that's that.
So Wwyd?
We dont have time for 2 lots of reading each night (along with all the other homework and out of school activities)
I seem to be in the very odd position of saying
"No ds you can't read that book you really like, you have to read this school one So you can do a quiz on it"
Which just seems mad to me.
I've had a word with the head this week and she said she will get back to me.
Also since going back in September He has also been doing all the spellings he did in year 2! Why?
Should I just ignore school books?
That would upset ds as he would feel he wasn't doing as asked I think 😖
Should I just keep making him read books he dislikes?
I'm fed up and need advice!
(Lots of other parents in same boat btw and feeling the same...I know some plan to go and seee ht too)