Reading books in reception?

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What books do they come home with in your school?

My DS came home with a wordless book last week. Is this the same for everyone or will there be children who are already reading?

TIA

My DS initially came home with books he had chosen for me to read to him (just picture books from the school library). Some then had wordless phonics book to get them used to comprehension and keeping track of a story themselves the more confident ones came home with level 1 books for them to read and some moved quite quickly up the levels while others spent all year on level 1. The emphasis initially was making reading part of the routine and not too strenuous after a tiring school day. We only got books twice a week in reception (unless parents asked for extras).

Starting week 4 of reception here and still no book to take home, the teacher hasn't done them yet apparently. I'm not overly impressed.

Both my DC brought home wordless reading books the first time they got them in reception. The idea is to go through them, look at the pictures and talk about what is happening in the 'story'/make the story up. The next week they had books with words in. Some children will start school with no knowledge of letters, reading or even how to turn the pages of a book sometimes. The teacher needs to be able to see and judge where to begin with each child. My friend teaches reception and every single year she gets at least one parent complaining about the wordless books!

We haven't had any reading books at all yet 2 weeks in. I know ds has read to the ta more than once(He can read fairly well) so I imagine they are assessing them first before sending books.

In the first few weeks we just got books we read to them and then moved on to the level 1a books . She took a while to get the hang of reading but towards the end of year 1 took to it a lot better . A slow start isn’t a bad thing .

EndOfDiscOne can't you just cover the words if you're afraid she will read them?

If she knows they're there it'll be her determined the words are what she wants to get to. We're at that point we can and want to read everything - cute and awesome and like having a sat nav sat in the car reading all the road signs - not the best for discussing pictures and extending her use of what I need to target for this though bless her!

Thanks all! Definitley not complaining just don't remember DD1 getting any but that may be because she was an avid book lover where as DS isn't really interested. Now I just need to remember to write in the bloody reading record...

My dd (4.8) has been bringing home reading book since the second day. She's reading biff and chip books. She can read CVC words, common exception words like "the" and "to". DS (6.6) didn't bring a reading book home til about November in reception . Well, he did but they were always sharing books for me to read. He's now an advanced reader. Every school and every child is different.

My 4 year old ds is bringing home books for me to read to him

My DD hasn't had the wordless books but I know a friend's DD in another school has.DD started off with a little tub of words last week and is now on her 3rd Biff, Chip and Kipper book. We also get some phonics homework and letter formation worksheets. She couldn't read at all when she started she just knew her letter sounds and was able to blend CVC words.

Ds got reading books today, they are 1+ so have some words! Biff and Chip are involved! I know from the reception WhatsApp group that quite a few of the class have been sent the wordless ones though......

There are lots of good suggestions in this list of reception reading books. I particularly like the mix of classic and more modern picture books. There's lots of diversity too, which is good.