Biff, Chip and co, Oxford Reading Tree stage 3 books for Year 1?

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I am a bit clueless so excuse me if this has been asked 100 times before!

My DS is in year 1 and he is reading the Oxford Reading Tree books, which he really enjoys. He is now on to stage 3 books and is on the second set of 'more stories', he is an end of March baby so middle aged in his year.

He enjoys reading and reads these well but I was wondering if that is the usual standard at his age? Other posts on here seem to suggest that he is miles behind other children of his age but it seems that he is within the norm for his class.

Any thoughts appreciated - is there a standard age guide available for these books?

I know it doesn't matter really as he is loving the books and enjoying the reading but I have been surprised that other people's DC's on other threads I have read seem to be many stages ahead on the same scheme at this age. Or are they all genuises?!

I have given up worrying about mners who claim that their dc is free reading Faust in reception!!

My dd is in yr1..on level 3 and just moved to level 4. The jump knocked her confidence and so we moved her back to 3.
I just want her to feel happy and confident with her reading.

There must be lots of differences at the way different schools grade reading. TheClaw you are saying that your DD is decoding words at level 3 (which the books themselves ask at the back how the child managed to do it) and is guessing from the pictures. Our son is on level 4 (not much difference) and he can instantly read 99% of the words and never tries to guess from the pictures (he still looks at them because they are nice!). He tries to read everything at home. His teacher is not moving him up because ..of his comprehension although he perfectly understands but I don't mind really. He sounds much more like you other DC which shows that levels depend on different teachers and/or schools policies.

Ninani, that's interesting because dd uses the pictures toas a huge clue and has excellent comprehension. She is far more interested in talking about the pictures than reading the sentence on the page.
The jump from 3 to 4 has made this clue use far more difficult, which is why her confidence was shaken, I think.

Brilliant how they are all diferent!

At 5 yrs 10 months DS1 was on Level 1 ORT and DS2 was on Level 9 (I think). DS1 sped up in Year 2 and DS2 slowed down. As long as they are progressing then it really doesn't matter, they will all be able to read eventually.

my son is 6 years old and is in year 1. He is currently reading stage 9 books which he is reading with ease. i want him to try and start reading something that will challenge him further and wanted to know what others in this situation have done? I have thought about maybe reading a harry potter book with him as he enjoys the films just a couple of pages a night to start, what does everyone think?

For me it's just really frustrating when they send home a book with 5 words per page in, which my dc is frankly bored by, for many many months, often not changing the book from one week to the next. This is for a heavily oversubscribed oustanding rated Ofsted school. We have just started reading things ourselves. She is happily reading children's paperbacks now, but we fill in the book report every other week, saying she clearly understood about how floppy caught a ball. It just makes you want to scream really.

I wonder if anyone can help? My 7 year old son is in Year 2 and is only on Stage 2 reading (ORT). He just has never been able to get the hang of reading, however, recently, the 'penny seems to have dropped' so to speak and he really is getting the jist of it. He is now very enthusiastic about reading, but only has his book changed every week. Is there any way I can support his learning and speed the process up now that he is enjoying it, without buying every pack in the series to do at home. I worry about him going into Y3 and still only being on Stage 2 or 3? Thanks to anyone who has any suggestions.

I had no idea what the different levels were. Ds' reading is really coming on and is on stage 5 green (I only know that as I've just looked at the link) but their school also has many different schemes and non-scheme books and I don't care what level he's on as long as he's comprehending the stories and increasing his vocab over time.

We read to the kids and they love books (phew) and DS especially likes comics, animal fact books and science books so there's a good variety in what he chooses to read/have read to him.

I would never compare my son to others as they are all different, they all develop at different rates and each child is unique in their own way.
My son will be 6 on 18 November and he is reading stage 6 in the Biff and Chip books, whether he is an average reader or brains of britain I don't mind, I am still proud of him.

Zombie thread. Love it when this happens and it looks obvious that the person who reigniting the thread must have been purposefully searching for this to post their child's level

*reignited

Maybe true louise, and levels are all different, and really what does it matter, but I like the fact that MadMel wanted to post that she was proud of her DS. We really should have a 'I'm proud and I don't care' thread. I love the summer report ones, where people can share their DC's non-academic related achievements. We should start one where people can share their proud feelings, but with levels being strictly disallowed. Proud not relative to others, but just relative to themselves .

DS1 is in P2 (in Scotland, so he's 6) and is on Stage 6. However, he reads Secret Seven books at home, which I think would correspond to a higher level.

It's about a lot more than just reading the words though. Comprehension and expression whilst reading. Also, some schools make the children go through every stage religiously, which although it can be frustrating it does make sure they assess them thoroughly and don't push them too fast.

I wouldn't worry about it to be honest or overthink it. Your DS sounds to be right on track and you can always do some extra (and more interesting!) reading at home.

Proud not relative to others, but just relative to themselves

This is key imo. They aren't in competition with others in the class. Of course you would want to know if the teacher was concerned about anything, but the differences are huge in the first few years of school.

As the original post was made nearly 6 years ago the Op's son is presumably now in his first term of secondary school!

Crazy!

I'm daughter has just moved out of reception into class 1 and was 6 New Years day! She can play the piano with both hands while reading music and is just finishing level 3 so I personnaly think you little boy is right on track and these other children need to be tested by Mensa because there are about 25 books in each set so in 2/3 school years these clever children have read 75 books (yeah right)

Not really because he will still have to read all the books back to his teacher and I should imagine she hasn't time to do it twice a week for 30 kids! Why don't you just get him a more advanced book that he picks himself that way the ones school give him he will fly through

there are about 25 books in each set so in 2/3 school years these clever children have read 75 books (yeah right)

Not all schools demand that children read every book in every level before moving up. My daughter was on level 8 or 9 at the start of Y1. She definitely hadn't read all books in all levels. But she had certainly read more than 25 books a year. They are at school for 39 weeks or something per year so plenty of time to read 160 books or more in two years.

Hope OP's kid is getting on well at secondary school!