Hi freindship i am glad you are getting somewhere, i have just looked at the reading stage link i didn't know anything like that existed, my daughter is also like your daughter but she is in yr2 i have voiced my concerns to the teacher and we will speak more about it on parents evening, she is on stage 1 books and still struggling and like friendships dd she memorises a lot of the words but. then doesn't recognise them else where and only knows about 15words out of the 100 key words. She also struggles with maths so sounds just like your dd but your dd is a year in front so she is quite a way behind bless her at least now they have picked her up but you would have thought that they would have done it earlier for the sats it would have looked better for them well you would have thought so. Hope she improves with the 1-1. Mothers instinct is always right that is what i say, we know when something isn't right, we end up neurotic trying to prove it. Sharon x
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Thats fantastic news for your dd.  I am sure it will work, I have seen positive results in our school with 1-1 teaching.  Great news!

Heidih

I RECIEVED A LETTER TODAY THEY WANT DD TO ATTEND 2 SESSIONS WEEKLY ON 1-1 BASIS FOR AN INTERVENTION PROGRAMME (CATCH UP) ALL I GOT TO DO IS SIGN THE CONSENT FORM.

THIS IS FOR LITERACY SKILLS

THINGS ARE LOOKING UP!!! AT LAST

In our school they run a reading recovery programme.  Children go to a specialist for half an hour every day and they are having fantastic results.  Children who couldnt make any letters out or read anything are now reading at the level appropriate for their age.

they also encourage the children to read fluently from the start, rather than like a robot which is how most children start.  I overheard a session the other day and I was very impressed.

I hope the school helps your dd Friendship.

heidih

yes her primary school teacher wrote an IEP for dd on last week of school

the juniors have a copy

Will find out more in a couple of weeks when its parents evening about the excisting IEP

I glad for your response thankyou i will look into books suited on her interests most probably non-fiction, she likes real life stories and pictures.

Hi Friendship

I remember a lot of your postings and I always seem to be sticking my nose in!

Maybe a new approach might be finding books on a topic your dd is interested in, initially children learn to recognise words and remember them, and build up from there.

if the words are in the favourite story/topic they sometimes remember them more

(I have been having problems getting my son to read and have just bought him Clone wars. There are some extremely difficult words in there, but because its all about Star Wars, he is suddenly very keen to learn the words - all key words in there as well.)

Sometimes it just clicks.  Did you get the IEP support for your dd? 

I hope she gets sorted out in Juniors.

Heidih

Just to add when a new book is introduced dd is dependant on our support to read words, after a few nights she has memorized the text but if i point to certain words she doesnt know them.

Also after finishing the book there is no understanding of what the story was about ?

I beleive if she had speech and language therapy in school may of helped also with her writing skills, also has alot of problems in maths and still learning number bonds to 10

Im a strong beleiver to early intervention but dd was denied throughout  primary school said she would outgrow it - 2 days before end of last term we were told about an IEP as she wasnt progressing

Thanks heidh will check the link i want to help dd more its a struggle and she is behind a bit  yr3 reading level 4  and finds words diffcult has just been re assessed for reading but will find out more on parents evening also has an IEP

http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/oxed/primary/ORTreadingAges.pdf

the boring boring ORT are structured to introduce something new in each level and sometimes teachers assess whether they understand this before moving them up.

some teachers move children up because their parents insist on it, even if the child isnt capable of fully understanding the books.

jUST remember though that schools use the books differently, so you cant compare levels of booked issued by different teachers and/or schools

Some schools make the children keep the book for 1-4 weeks, read, re read, re read again and again until they fully underfstand the whole book.

Other schools send a different book home every night, children read them once and return it.  They dont evaluate the content, dont discuss the book, dont really understand the book, dont remember the book (obviously not all children)

A child who reads a book several times at home is more more confident when reading aloud to the teacher.  A teacher can also tell if a child has read the book at home, because when they havent, they struggle on certain words and dont have the same flow as when they have read several times

SOme schools keep the year 1s up to a specific  level (ie stage 5), year to up to a specific  level (ie stage 7).  Other schools will allow year 1 and 2 children to read up to  level 16.

So when your friends are saying their child from a different is on level such and such, and your child isnt, but you know their reading abilities are similar,  then it will be the different reading book policies.

heidih

I once had a link for oxford reading tree where there was a chart for the different levels and age equalivent ??

Cant come across it - anyone knows