How many Reading books does your Yr2 child bring home each week and do you listen to them read all of them?

SlightlyMadSCAREYthing · 2007-09-04T21:25:34+00:00

Last year DTDs brought 4 books home a week (2 reading scheme and 2 'library'). They would change them once a week. This year we have specifically been sent a letter saying that they should change them when they need changing and not wait for reading time. How on earth am I supposed to find time to read *8* school books in less than a week (and some of the library books can be quite long)? How many does your Yr2 child bring home? Do you listen to them read them all? I am thinking that I will listen/let them read alone 75/25 or maybe 50/50. Will this be enough? Or am I neglecting my duties as a parent?

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Niecie · 05/09/2007 02:16

Sounds a bit much to me. DS was in Yr 2 last year. He had one scheme book and one library book on the go at any one time. To be honest we didn't read the library book and just read the reading scheme one. He read it in quiet reading at school, to the teacher and to me until it was finished and then he got another one.

We were asked to listen to him read 5 times a week and we did so we weren't slacking. He didn't read the scheme book at home by himself, he reads his own books when he is here. At the earlier stages of the scheme he would get through a 2 books a week but as they get longer with chapters and lots less pictures he took longer.

I personally think that 4 books on the go at one time is a bit much. I would have thought it shouldn't be a race to see how many books you read but how well you read them, always assuming that you do do some every day. We probably did about 15 - 20 minutes a day together and DS does more on his own. He has ended up being a very good reader so it was OK for us.

Niecie · 05/09/2007 02:16

Sounds a bit much to me. DS was in Yr 2 last year. He had one scheme book and one library book on the go at any one time. To be honest we didn't read the library book and just read the reading scheme one. He read it in quiet reading at school, to the teacher and to me until it was finished and then he got another one.

We were asked to listen to him read 5 times a week and we did so we weren't slacking. He didn't read the scheme book at home by himself, he reads his own books when he is here. At the earlier stages of the scheme he would get through a 2 books a week but as they get longer with chapters and lots less pictures he took longer.

I personally think that 4 books on the go at one time is a bit much. I would have thought it shouldn't be a race to see how many books you read but how well you read them, always assuming that you do do some every day. We probably did about 15 - 20 minutes a day together and DS does more on his own. He has ended up being a very good reader so it was OK for us.

Niecie · 05/09/2007 02:17

Sorry not sure how I managed to post the same message twice.

lljkk · 05/09/2007 05:06

Agree, that's a lot. Don't you read the library books to the children, are they supposed to read library books themselves?

Yr 2 DS brought home one book a fortnight until about January (unless I changed it sooner, which I often did). Then we started to get batches of reading books from town library every few weeks, then about March time school started sending home 2 books/every 10 days or so -- I continued to often change a bit sooner, and still get books from town library. Never had library books sent by school.

I cut down to just listening to DS read short extracts from his books about April time, when DS was reading so well I had to pry his nose out of books, and we were told he had reading age of a 10yr old.

bagpuss · 05/09/2007 07:44

My ds1 is about to go into Yr2 and is on the free reading scheme. He can choose books as and when he likes and change them once he is finished. I sometimes listen to check that he can read them and also ask him questions about the story to see if he has understood. I don't think our school promotes their reading scheme enough tbh as I know several parents who say their children have hardly brought any books home in the last year. Yours does sound excessive though, if it were me I wouldn't read with them all the time unless you thought they needed support with the text [lazy parent emoticon].

AufishFeQueen · 05/09/2007 11:07

My DS has just started YR2 and was reading 2 books a week in YR1 but he has a reading age of a 10 year old. I have absolutely no idea what is expected of him this year as his YR1 teacher was fantastic and really let him take the lead in his reading.

MrsWeasley · 05/09/2007 11:11

When my older DS was in yr2 we were told not to listen to them often as they were trying to encourage them to read silently we just had to ask them about the story.

But my younger DS has just gone into Yr2 and they have 1 home reading book which they can change whenever its finished and a school reading book that they only read in school!

Issy · 05/09/2007 11:18

This reply has been withdrawn

This has been withdrawn by MNHQ at OP's request

Bink · 05/09/2007 11:38

dd did Yr2 last year - weekly she had one scheme book (which would be a "group" reader for her particular group all to read & then discuss/do group activities on in the second half of the week) and 2-3 library books, which would be longer things chosen just for or by her. We didn't do any formal reading-listening as she is fluent - and we get a fair amount read out loud to us whether we like it or not

This year she's going to a new school (starts next week) and will repeat Yr2 there, so we'll see how it's done. Will be interesting comparative exercise.

Original poster

SlightlyMadSCAREYthing · 05/09/2007 21:54

I should stress that they are still only bringing home 4 books each (probably not clear from my OP), but probably still more than it sounds like many of you are doing.

One of hte 'library' book is usually a book from an alternative reading scheme to the main one (ORT - so it will be Ginn or read nose readers or something like that) - so most can be read within 15mins or so.

It sounds as though letting them start to do some independant reading isn't going to hurt if they comprehend it. Thing is - although they are both in teh same reading set and are both good readers (for their school which I think moves them too slow - but that is another story) DTD2 is a better reader, word by word and is very good at answering comprehension questions. DTD1 is not quite as strong a reader, and really struggles with the comprehension. So I feel reasonably confident allowing DTD2 to read independently, cut DTD1 still really needs the support. I don't think it will go down well if I let DTD2 read alone and not DTD1.

Oh well, looks as though I am left trying to find 30 mins daily to read with them, along with time needed for spellings, finding wrod lists etc. I will of course do this but I am struggling to find the time...

OP posts: