ds is average reader -is it wrong to tell him to speed it up?

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he is yr 2
stage 10 ORT

listening to him read is tedious and slow and makes me impatient
I think even he bores himself

am i wrong to tell him to crank it up a bit??

Yes!

really why?

Let him read at his own speed. he may stiol need to do it slowly as he processes the words he is reading. he will speed up when he reads in his head. Most children (and adults) read slower out loud.

ok
I will relent

thanks

no I don't think so....as long as it's in a light hearted way.
Do you read to him ggirl? in funny voices etc?
why not get a funny story book and take it in turns to read to each other with all the voices.
Bloody ORT would bore anyone to sleep

we do take it in turns
he is a reluctant reader
would much rather be read to

I jostled both of mine along btw...they're both avid readers now (9+10)

ah that's good to know ingles

I agree that you should let him read at the pace he feels comfortable with.

Can you encourage expression by playing with texts? Taking on different parts, giving them different voices, exaggerating expression. Might be a kinder way to help him read in a way you can listen too.

I do know how you feel, and the ORT books are dull as dishwater at any pace!

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that's ok.. level 10, yr 2 is pretty good, so I'd start looking for other books you can alternate with.

He has masses of different books /mags etc.

Just bought Mr Gum book to try and encourage him a bit.

Maybe forget about the reading bit of the book first time - go through just talking about the pictures. Then when it comes to reading it, he'll have most of the words already in his head so the reading may come more quickly?

We do this with a lot of the children at school.

that's a fab idea
will try that tomorrow
thanks

Do also keep reading to him. Try to use silly voices etc.
Even go back and read something he can easily cope with and add expression.

Can you read something you've never looked at before with full dramatic expression? I would never read in church without having read it first, and practiced. Similarly I wouldn't expect David Tenant to record "Oliver Twist" without having worked at how h was going to read it first. But this is what we ask kids to do every day (and I am very impressed how well they do).

Something else I have done is ask kids to whisper when reading, or read loudly (in the garden). If they can read at different volumes it can help with expression.

See if you can find some playscripts (ORT do them). You then take on different parts each.

Or with a book with lots of speech in it - you be the narrater and he can be the voices.

my dd 9 not a fan of reading, however she enjoys comic and comic annuals. i think she reads like a boy, can't visualise the story in her head. you can take it in turns being the characters. check out charity shops for them.

We use a lot of graphic novels with KS2 children (mainly boys) www.scholastic.com/graphix/Scholastic_BoneDiscussion.pdf