What book level is your year one child on

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Mine is 6 and stage 3.
She's been Very slow to pick it up, we are gaining traction now, I definitely think she'll be into 4 soon but wondering what other DC are at.

I read with some year 2 strugglers some of whom started the year behind where your y1 girl is now but I really hope all of them will be reading, or near to reading, simple chapter books by the end of the year, it really isn’t linear also I don’t think children should have to worry too much about understanding the word or meaning of diagraph to read, school should be explaining it in a more fun way.

Just do loads of reading with your little one, sharing a book, maybe you reading but following the text with your finger and maybe stopping every sentence at one word she should know and ask her, make reading fun. The best part of reading with the kids is seeing their enjoyment of the stories. Sure your lovely girl will get there and it won’t matter when she learned to read, like once they can do it then it doesn’t matter when they walked/talked or potty trained but it shows you are a lovely, concerned parent to want to help her with this new skill.

I was working in a year 1 class until recently in an ofsted outstanding school - the majority were on 3/4, many on 5 and then outliers on 1-10. They do move them quite slowly through bands.

My DS is in year 1 (same school, different class) but the eldest in the year and on level 8. My DD is in reception, soon to be 5 and on level 4 (although far from fluently reading). We read together about 5 days per week, usually for 5-10 mins - my DS will choose to read other books to himself at bedtime now. We visit the library weekly and they frequently see me reading.

I think parental input makes a huge difference, but too much can be damaging. These levels are not a reliable indication of how well they will be doing by late primary.

My dd is 6 next month and on stage 5

She struggled a lot in reception and had extra help but is doing much better now

One of my elder dc started year 2 a free reader so very different

How often do you read with her?

i understand reading levels varies a lot, but level 3 at 2nd term of year 1 seems a bit slow. I think you might probably want to read more with her, ask her to read out and make sure she knows every word in the book.

Don't worry about it - my DD was a bit slower than some peers in reading levels and she reads Harry Potter now, has done since she was 8-9 years old. My DS is 6 year 2 and is in green books but he's doing well generally - I'm not worried and definitely not pushing him, I'd anythjng I don't get him to read if he's not feeling up to much as I don't want to feel it's a chore

Keep plugging on and reading to her too. Is she happy to read with you? I have a very able reader who was a relatively slow starter, spent over 2 terms on blue in Y1 and we worried, then had a massive explosion and was unrecognisable by the start of Y2. I do think the plugging away helped, and reading something accessible her (rainbow magic) so she could gradually take over doing the odd sentence etc. IME from helping my own children and being a parent helper in school, it's common to have plateaus and explosions. You just have to keep plugging away in the plateaus and hopefully it'll click.

I think it's quite refreshing that OP is asking this question because they actually want to help their child, not with a faux "my YR is on lime, are they doing ok?"

My summer ds is year 1 and moved to level 5 last week. He started reception not being able to read a thing other than his name. He initially struggled but has always loved being read to. I think he found the early level books dull. Also because I work, we would end up cramming reading in between food and bath when he was most tired so think I put him off a bit. In the last few months it's just clicked and he's gone from sounding every bit of every word to just reading. Often in his head and I have to remind him to tell me so I know he did it right haha.

Why don't you ask the teacher about if he or she is worried and what you can do to help?

Year 1 boy is on now level 6 but he entered year one 'below average' and has suddenly just clicked so is now speeding through the levels a bit faster. He really hates the school books though! He's not a fan of stories, prefers to read non fiction so sitting with his shark encyclopaedia or dinosaur books and reading the facts out of them keeps his interest far longer than Biff, Chip and that flipping key 😆

Can't remember what eldest was on at this stage but she's always had a higher than average reading age. Books have always been her favourite thing though even as a toddler.

Let them just develop at their own pace. DD has always been super academic, DS not so much! She wants to be a teacher when she grows up, he wants to be a caveman 🤔 which pretty much sums up their personalities. Either is fine with me ☺️

Second child has not enjoyed books Etc as much as first, doesn't enjoy story CDs... doesn't enjoy being read too..

No mines the same. He has strengths in other areas though so it doesn't bother me

My reluctant reader was later diagnosed with autism and he is quite demand avoidant. He just wouldn't read. So I'd read and ask him to point to the words, or just say the "I"s or something. He thought he was getting out of reading, but he had to follow the text quite closely. I think he learned a lot that way. He also found Songbirds (from book people) much more interesting than school books, so we would cut him deals with those. They are banded but they seem easy for the band, which was nice as he loved reading "up" a band.

DS2 was slow to pick up reading but between P2 and P3 (Scotland so equivalent Y1 and Y2) he suddenly clicked with reading. He moved up levels incredibly fast in P3 and also moved from the 3rd reading group, of 4, to the top group.

They all just click with it at different ages.

My daughter is Phase 5 Green B, if that means anything.. she will be 6 next week

I hear Y1 (well I hear half the school some weeks!) read a lot and there's anything from a couple of kids still on pink which is the lowest our school start them at (level 1+), up to turquoise (level 7-ish ORT). DD2 is on turquoise right now, DD1 was at a similar level this point of the school year when she was in Y1 and was on white I think it was when she finished Y1. School's aim is yellow end of Reception; turquoise end of Y1; lime end of Y2.

Honestly though it doesn't matter - DD1 who was top of the class in terms of reading book bands leaving Y1 has stalled slightly in Y2 and others have caught up a lot... DD2 plateaued for a while and is starting to make progress again, and there are a couple of kids I know who finished Y1 on red and yellow book bands who are now more than caught up with their peers as they suddenly just clicked and progressed a lot.

Before the usual bunch start - I know where the reading levels lie because I've spent so much time hearing readers across the school over the last few years - not some splendid leak of assessment information but because of a whacking great sticker on the cover of the book coming out of the bookbag.

We moved from Scotland to England at the end of P1/reception so DS started Yr 1 in England in September and he is way behind with reading. His school in Scotland didn't teach phonics so it was all new to him. He's on book band 3 now. It doesn't worry me as the school have been really good with him, he is happy and behaves well which is more important to me.

I always felt my DD was behind her peers at different schools with reading.
But I think her school just took their time moving them through the stages.
She is Year 2 now and is now selecting her own year 3 books (not sure of the full level).

Once reading clicks with them then the progress is rapid.
Your DD will catch up with your support and encouragement