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Reading books too easy?

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Maxiebaby · 14/01/2010 10:36

DD (Y1, age 5, 6 in April) finally finished all the ORT stage 6/silver/grey banded books at school and been put up a level by the TA (as run out of books, not because able).
First book home in this stage was an owls book (ie not one of the easier first core books) and she has read it effortlessly without stumbling or needing to sound out on any word and with great expression/comprehension. Teacher describes her as a 'fluent' reader who will only struggle with the odd word.

My question is, is this too easy and the lack of challenge an issue, or is there a benefit for DD in reading at this level of decoding/comprehension (confidence/enjoyment perhaps)? Wondering whether to raise with teacher or avoid being pushy mum (again!).
Other posts seem to suggest teh right level is 90-95% accuracy, so 100% does not seem right unless I am missing something?

Dont care what stage she is on so long as she is learning and enjoying it, so am not being competitive about this, just dont want her bored and unchallenged. DD will spend about a term at this level once we have tackled all the additional ORT books and non-shceme banded books at this stage, and if she finds it easy already I am concerned she will be turned off by reading such a high volume of unchallenging books.

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Hulababy · 14/01/2010 10:37

Replied on your other thread.

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