Hi, my daughter is in Year 1 and reading really well. She is reading early reader chapter books by herself. At school she is doing Read Write Inc and she is in the blue group, so the penultimate book colour before completing the scheme.
She has been in the blue group since November and has read most books. She gets given two books a week: one she has already read and a new one. She can read both easily, she reads them fluently the first time round so we don’t read them twice. We listen to her read her chapter books instead.
We had parents’ evening and asked the teacher why she isn’t moving up to grey as the blue books are too easy. She replied it was because she wasn’t confident with all the sounds. We didn’t think about it straight away and didn’t ask her to clarify.
Now we’ve had some time to think about it, we are a bit confused: the blue books are too easy, so we know she can read all the sounds easily. Does the teacher mean she isn’t confident writing all the sounds? Is it how Read Write Inc work? How is it assessed and how do teachers know when to move the children up?
Just to clarify - we don’t really mind as she is doing lots of reading at home, we just want to know how the scheme works and is assessed. Thank you!