Ginn books

[juliemacc]

DD2 (yr1) came home with a Ginn "360 magic circle" level 10 book today; this scheme is new to me and was wondering how this level compares with eg. ORT books and whether it is above/below/average for her age.

my ds is a little behind with his reading. our school use GINN 360 books but they are from the Ginn Reading Programme. My ds is only at level 1 (reception class) some of the other children are too. i am not sure if one or two of the children in his class are at level 2.

note sure about the 360 magic circle collection though.

They look pretty old 1970s-80s
schoolroomclassics.com/products/magic%20circle%20books.htm

I would have though Ginn level 10 would be defnitely above average for a Y1, esp at this stage in the year.

I am not sure about the magic circle ones but DD read some of the original Ginn and sme 360 ones in reception and Y1. They are older books. Some of the books, esp the original bigger books, have a lot of writing in and lots of formats in one book.

we've received our first Ginn book. DS1 just doesn't see the point of books with one word. I've told him he's not allowed other books until he can describe in detail what's in the pictures and what he thinks will happen next.

He read the titles of the other level 1 books and told me he wants them all home so he can move onto level 2.

It just seems so prescriptive and restricted

they look to be american too

They aren't American they are part of the Pearson group which is an independent UK company

'Ginn and company' who published these books in the 1970s were originally based in Boston , USA.The magic circle books appear to have American authors

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The books don''t read as American. They don't use American spelling or terms/phrases.