Go on honestly what reading stage is your reception child on

[schmoopoo]

???

ORT 3

why?

just interested DD is on stage 4, my nephew missed stage 4 and went onto stage 6 when he was in reception a couple of years ago

We do Rigby rockets and stars at my school.Don't all schools use different schemes?

DS could barely actually read at all in Reception. He could read c-v-c words.

still on ORT 1+ poor wee mite is the youngest in his class and I just don't think he was quite as 'ready' as the others. He is popular in class and enjoys school though and teacher says he is making progress so that is fine as far as I am concerned.

we have 'morning activities' with them on a Friday and today the had a worksheet with a space to draw and it said

My favourite pet is a

I like them because_

DS wrote ginepig the ar frenly_

I love him

aaargh bless. That will be my ds in a few years the youngest in his year

schneebly - that's brilliant, he's spelling phonetically which is a great first stage and picking up some of the common blends 'ly' rather than writing 'lee'
A star I say

Don't know what level dd is on as she has her book at school and I don't know off the top of my head.

Ds is on ORT 6 but it is torture - 32 pgs a book and he really needs to get some pace to his reading before I lose the will to live. I know he's doing well but he really doesn't want to read after school so it's a battle

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schneebly, i htink that is fantastic effort ...my 8 dd's spelling is pretty much that standard...( she does have some literacy ishoos!)

just started on 7
but she is the oldest

I don't know! I really must pay more attention

I've just looked it up. She should be starting 3 this week. She's one of the youngest and according to the teacher is able/bright so not sure what's going on with her reading level looking at your answers...

dd on st 2 but whizzes through. Was offered a step or two up but she is happy!

DD is plodding through all the trunk stories/more stories A and B even though she can read each book through with perhaps one or two words causing a problem

ORT 10-11. Just brought home some new ones and seems to be ok.

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10 - 11?!

ORT 4 with other books at the weekend

That's the reading age of an 8 1/2 yr old!!

I have no idea how dd is in comparison to rest of the world - we have a 'real books' policy, so reading scheme books mixed in with, well, real books. I think she is doing really well, it is a very unpressured way of learning to read which is suiting us just fine. Oh and gets rid of the competitive 'what level is little Jimmy on?'

She can read cvc words and nearly all of the common, possibly key words???? She can work out longer words using her phonic knowledge but is sometimes put off and needs it breaking into smaller chunks IYSWIM. She is happy to pick up any book and have a good go at it