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

[Rainbowinthesky]

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

[stillenacht]

None - he cant read or even say his name lol. He has severe autism. Stop worrying.

[MumNWLondon]

Don't worry where the other kids are - only worry if you think your DC is getting inappropriate books.....

My DD brings home books 3 x a week, (Mon, Wed & Fri) 2 at a time.

She is on stage 6 but thats after me speaking to the school the change the level as they were too easy for her. She still can read almost every word (roughly one per book she needs help with and maybe one or two she has to decode), but I think the the level in the stories is now right for her for comprehension.

Also she is already 6 one of the older ones in the class. I understand most of the class on stage 3, with those with EAFL on stage 2 and some on 4, 5 and 6.

[Hulababy]

I work in a Y1 class. We have children at all stages - from still learning satpin and not yet blending, up to reading early chapter books. All are fine at this stage.

[trickerg]

ORT are not a benchmark of reading success. In fact they are quite old fashioned now, and are totally unrelated to current phonics teaching in KS1.

[Heated]

Ds(5) brings home fiction books 3 times a week (Mon, Wed & Fri) and a non-fiction book once. At the moment he's not on ORT but chapter books but maybe he'll go back to them next year? I ought to ask.

[MollieO]

2 although he has been reading other schemes recently. I don't think he's the worst. Some are on 1 and others are on 5.

[MollieO]

2 books a school night - 10 per week.

[islandofsodor]

He brings a book home every night and it is changed when he has read it. Mostly that is every day but on days/weeks when we have other things on like now with all the Christmas plays and stuff it can be every two days.

He is on Stgae 6/7 but he's one of the best boy readers. At that age dd was on around Stage 5/6.

[MissGreatBritain]

I read with some of the younger Year 1 children in school. Most of them can't really read at all, while some are on the first stage books of ORT. However, I think the older Year 1s (who are in a different class) are probably a fair way ahead. DS is in Year 2 and on Stage 9/10.

[Kitsilano]

There is a point surely - it's natural to want to know how your child is doing compared to others.

[juliemacc]

Stage 12 treetops

[CardyMow]

Stage 3, he's read every book in the level twice now, but is still not ready for lvl4. He does have ASD though. I think you should just let the levels be, as long as the books aren't too hard or easy, I fail to see why it matters?? DD (now 11yo) wasn't even able to use lvl 1 ORT until Y3, she was still learning her alphabet, DS1 was free reading by that age and was reading the first Harry Potter Book, and my DS2 who's currently Yr1 is lvl3. Every child's different, none of it makes any difference by age 11 anyway.

[frazzled74]

my dd is on level 2 but reads these so well that i think she needs next level. they have 2 x books per week .I dont really worry about her school books, she reads shop signs, bits from my magazines and has loads of books at home, she loves books.I actually think that the books they read at school are so bloody boring that they could put children off books.

[Niecie]

Stage 6 - probably top of the bottom half of the class.

Brings home 2 books a week plus free choice books which are graded in line with ORT. He can change these daily if he wants. Aim is to read 5 times a week.

I am hoping that he will suddenly 'get' reading like his brother did and catch up a bit some time soon. He is beginning to realise he can read a little bit now so hopefully that will be some encouragement.

Not that it matters particularly. He will get there in the end, just that it is easier all round if he could do it sooner rather than later.

[Spectroscopy]

The normal range of achievement in year 1 is Red (2) - turquoise (7), with the majority of pupils secure at yellow (3) - orange (6). There will be many children outside of these ranges though, the range in my son's class is up to white (10) at the moment.

Individual teachers will have the same children on different bands though. My son's teacher puts students on 'instructional-easy to read' level (approx 95-98% accuracy) whereas other teachers will put children on books at that read at 90-94% accuracy (instructional reading level). I know for my son this represents a difference of about 4-5 levels so it is fairly pointless comparing between schools.

[Ineedsomesleep]

My DS is in Y1. He brings home one book a week and a pot of words to read.

Think he is on Level 7 but not really sure as he has been ill for a few weeks so haven't done any reading with him.

[wordsonascreen]

There are no children above level 4 in dd's yr 1 class.

Arf at worrying about catching up on stage 6.

[anchovies]

Can I ask a question? My ds brings home stage 7 or 8 (reads at a higher level at school though I tink?) not sure but they are now very long, 30 odd pages. They are supposed to be changed on a Monday and Wednesday and to read the whole of the book over 2 nights is a struggle, let alone trying to establish if he's got a clue what's going on! Is this what they would normally do or should I be asking to keep the book for a full week? It would be nice to take our time and read it a couple of times plus he does enjoy reading other stuff but it currently means he has had enough after his school book?

[Spectroscopy]

anchovies - I would have thought so, yes!
My son changes his book every day, he is on band 8 (varies enormously from 16 - 46 pages). Most days he will read a whole book but some days he is just too tired to read at all so we just keep the book at home then.

[MumNWLondon]

Gosh massive fluctuations, but I think that you can't really compare stages in that way...

Eg DD was on stage 4, most of class on stage 3, but they were far too easy, I made a fuss (they have policy every child reads every book at each level before going up) and she is now on stage 6, still knows every word, so I am sure she could read higher levels fluently too.

So what level is she on - stage 4 where she was last week (and would still be) if I hadn't made a fuss - stage 6 where the books are now? Or stage 8/9 as I have no doubt she could read these books fluently too?

[WilfSell]

ORT? At our school they're on Dostoyevsky in Y1.

Slackers.

[MeringueUtan]

mine is a fantastic reader
unebr bloody brilliant

year 2

reading age of 14 and finished ort