Does my dd need a more advanced reading book? long - sorry

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DD started full time school in September and straight away they started to lear letter sounds. She took to this really well and learnt very quickly. In November they started bringing home erading books and she has been bringing about 1 every week home. When we sit down to read it she is flying through them with ahrdly any prompting. For example the book yesterdy had the word "everyone" in it which to me is a long word that is not phonetically spelt and thought she would at least have had to break it down into syllabelles but no she knew it.
I asked the teacher today if the books were read to them before they brought homw as I though she may be memorising some words but she said they didn't read them through straight away. Said she would monitor dd and if she agreed with me would consider giving her more challenging books. Am I right to ask for this to be done or should I just let her move along with the other children?

Listening to a child read doesn't require any specialist training or skill. Managing a guided reading session does. As I said, one is the driving lesson - the other is the between lesson practice and reinforcement.

Dd is listened to by me every day, sometimes more times at the weekend if she comes over with a book she wants to have a go at. However I don't push that. BUT I don't want her to have to read the same book to me every day for a week, the book given by the school, which she's read through with no problem whatsoever on first attempt. It's boring for her.

DD does have a reading record but I thought it was for the teacher to complete when dd had read to her in class. I didn't know I could write in it too. Will start doing that then at least they know we are eading with her.

I don't know what a reading record is to be honest.

Dd has a book which is called a PACT book, a small soft cover book which goes in her book bag and is meant to be the means of communication between school and home. In the nursery there was always a message printed and stuck in for all the parents plus odd remarks written in throughout the week. In Reception we started off with getting the stuck in messages and we wrote a few comments to the teacher to which there was never a reply. Now she's given up even sticking the printed notes in the book and just shoves them in the bookbag for us to stick in the PACT book.

As for a reading record as far as I know one doesn't exist for dd's class. I know they have a handwriting book where they do their work and that stays at school. But that's different, no?