DS is in year 2. He is a somewhat reluctant reader, but doing pretty well I think. He is reading books from the purple/gold box at school. However, when reading he still misses words out, says 'the' instead of 'a' and vice versa. He misses the ends of words - he says tallest instead of taller for example. He adds words in that aren't there (like 'very strong' when i just says 'strong') . He also doesn't read using punctuation that well when he reads something for the first time, although he does second time around. Are these common issuse at this stage? His comprehension is really good, but his actual reading of the words on the page feels a bit hit and miss sometimes!
Do you think he would benefit from maybe coming down a level? I would ask his teacher, but I only do pick up from school and it is the TA who lets them out, and I don't want to make it formal by asking for a meeting with the teacher unless it is important. He seems fine with what he is doing and doesn't have confidence issues. I would also love it if anyone could recommend some books to get from the library. He really loves humour - the early reader Horrid Henry books have been very popular, so anything along those lines would be great.
Thanking you in advance.