Nosy question. What ort stage is your Y1 child on?

[Rainbowinthesky]

THat's it really. Also do they bring the books home?

DS is one of the better readers in his class and is on level 7. He did say yesterday that he is starting to find Biff, Chip and Kipper boring. Have to say I agree with him (and have DD going to start school after Christmas so will get it all again with her).

He did want to read the whole book last night and I have realised he is "properly" reading now - hardly needs to sound out at all. I may talk to school about his reading a bit as they don't change books very often (although they are flexible about moving them through stages).

I have a feeling she is still on the first level or possibly level 2, but can't remember.

Find it terrifying that she is so far behind the Level 6 that most seem to achieve, but I do think that different schools have a very different pace of learning on reading, so it could just be that?

We have been completely rubbish at hearing her read though. I only get in from work late, by which time she just doesn't have the energy. Also, we have never got into the habit, so even when we do have time, we seem to forget in the rush of day to day life.

I have a dream that one day I will get organised....

I found out today that ds isn't in the lowest group for reading. Can't really believe that tbh but he doesn't seem to be in the group that has extra help.

I feel the same as you cloudspotter. There are some very good readers in ds's class.

We do reading at bedtime. We don't get home most nights until 6.30pm and by the time he's had tea and got ready for bed it is at least 7.30pm. He reads his story in bed and then I read to him. Can be an effort sometimes though. I think reading is very important so we forego other things to ensure that it gets done.

do not worry about it, there are so many different levels of ability in one class.

i am a parent helper at DCs school and listen to yr 2/1 every week.
they range from level 3 to free reading. but it is also important that they understand the words not just read it.

the most important thing imo is for them to enjoy it.
my DD is yr 1 and is just about to become a free reader.

my yr1 dd3 is level 3. Or 2. She seems to have been swinging between them for the last couple of terms. but she's got a lovely personality .

Am not too bothered cos her two older sisters are good and enthusiastic readers, and I do expect dd3 to get the hang of it at some point. She just takes her time.

dd is in Y1 and reads a whole variety of book bands - not just ORT - but her recent ORT one was level 4. She's able to read more complex books fairly easily, but is still enjoying most of the books she brings home and her school is one of the 'read all the books in that range first' ones.

If she was bored or asking to move on, I'd ask for her. But as it is, she's enjoying reading at night, when she's exhausted and wouldn't want to be challenged more, its the week before the holidays and rightly or wrongly I'm not changing anything

Oh, and she's one of the top four readers in a class of nearly 40 (two teachers and a TA), there is one free reader and three others on the same band as dd. All the others are on what I assume is the equivalent of ORT level 3 or 2. If it matters at this age, which tbh I don't think it does.

I agree that there is little point to this kind of comparison but have to disagree with loudlass - "none of it makes any difference by age 11 anyway" - er, if by that you mean that they all level out by secondary school, they don't and it can make a huge difference. A child with a reading age of 17+ in Yr 7 is of course going to cope better with those subjects which rely heavily on reading skills than a child with a reading age of 8 or 9. (And that reading age is worked out based on reading comprehension, btw, not merely which words and how many can a child read).

Wow, thanks for all the messages.

dd was on ort 45 on entry to Y1. She is a very old soul and an indigo child. She also started to speak in complete grammatical sentences at the age of 3 months.

[mwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha]

Not sure about ORT but one of my DTs is turquoise Rigby Star at school and reading anything at home and his sister is struggling with pink - they're both bright and I'm sure she'll get there in her own good time. They're not even 5.5 yet and in many countries kids don't even start formal education until 6 or 7.

at Indigo child, we have lots of those round here.

I like to think my dd is on "Scandinavian time" in terms of learning to read. She's quite advanced in Danish terms. though in a remedial catch-up group here. Perhaps we should move to Denmark...

I really dont mind what level ds1 is on, not one for comparing etc. But I'm so shocked at the amount of books some of your children get a week. And envious. ds1 has a great teacher, who is rubbish at organising the reading books I keep asking for new ones, but it falls on deaf ears, and ds1 gets sooooo bored of the stories. He's only had 4 or 5 books since September, all of which he was fine with. He's on level 3 btw if you want to know!

"higher levels not suitable content for y1 kids"

Biff and Chip Visit a Crack Den? Kipper Meets the Man-eating Lion?

Santa Biff and Chip visit a crack den is one of my favourites, although it is too advanced for ds at the moment so I have to read it to him. Full of lots of useful tips .

"higher levels not suitable content for y1 kids"

Biff and Chip Visit a Crack Den?Kipper Meets the Man-eating Lion?

I think she meant after the Biff and Chip books finish in level 9.....

I do recall one Magic Key Adventure where Floppy witnesses an old lady being mugged in San Francisco and then catches the thief - it wasn't the best story for a 5 year old.