dd school lesson plans and her ability

KVet

I was really good at reading in P1 and my mum had a huge argument with the school when I was being forced to read "Bangers and Mash" which was stuff like "Bangers is happy" "Mash likes cheese" etc when I had read Charlottes Web in Primary one! Eventually I think they backed down and allowed me to not read the curriculum books as it was pretty obvious I could read well. Have a chat to them and see if they are flexible?

jackomdj

My DD has also just started & is bringing home the books without words. I am hoping they will pick up her abilities soon, although as another poster said they are just assessing them all at the moment. If they don't they have a parents evening in a month & I will chat about it then.

HTH
Nicky

fernliebee

KVet wrote: »

I was really good at reading in P1 and my mum had a huge argument with the school when I was being forced to read "Bangers and Mash" which was stuff like "Bangers is happy" "Mash likes cheese" etc when I had read Charlottes Web in Primary one! Eventually I think they backed down and allowed me to not read the curriculum books as it was pretty obvious I could read well. Have a chat to them and see if they are flexible?

Aw! Lucky! I could read at 3 and when I started school I was forced to finish the whole of the reading scheme. The only compromise was they would allow me to change my book as soon as I had finished it (everyday), rather than every week like everyone else. I read through the (insanely boring) reading scheme and was finally allowed to choose books from the library. My mum would take me to the library out of school, and buy me a lot of books from jumble sales and charity shops though so I would have plenty of reading material in-between times.

I didn't have a very understanding teacher though, and I was sent to 'special needs' to read every day, as I was telling other kids the answers :rolleyes: Then they caught on to it, and I would have to listen to groups of other children reading, it didn't bother me, but even at the time, I remember feeling sorry for the kid's struggling through it in front of me, I felt embarrassed for them having to read to their peer, it's different in front of the teacher isn't it.

The schools I have worked in as an adult are much better at extension work though, and they will soon get a good idea of what level she is at. If they are still not helping or she is getting really bored I would approach her teacher then.

juno

I could read at 2, and my first junior school was fine with that and gave me harder books. I remember taking Famous Five books to read when I was 6.

But I changed schools in year 5, and the new school was awful. They wouldn't let me skip ahead, and I could only change books every week. We had half an hour of reading every afternoon, so I'd finish the book within a few days and be forced to re-read it until it was time to change. Sometimes I'd pick up a book from the wrong level and pretend it was a mistake if they caught me.

buxtonrabbitgreen

My youngest dd could read before she started school too. there didn't seem to be a problem. She too had to go all through the Roger Red Hat series, which she found a bit boring as she was reading all sorts at home. They let her read at her own pace though going through 1 a day.
I think she was fairly advanced as she was an October baby so a year older than most of the class.