Which Reading Scheme Does Your School Use?

little_princess

The school my DS attends uses the Rigby Stars reading scheme, so I have tried to buy books from this scheme to give him a head start before he starts reception class, however these books are really hard to come by, so I have started him off at home on the Oxford Reading Tree Scheme (ORT). He has now progressed up to the level 4 books which he can read without much help, but he doesn't like the level 5 stories as he thinks there are too many words on the page and quickly gets bored with them.

I was therefore wondering what other reading schemes are out there and if anyone could tell me which level within these schemes compares to the ORT level 4 or level 5 books.

Many Thanks

**Patty**

We do the Oxford Reading Tree with the youngest (the Biff/Kipper/Chip/Floppy ones) but daughter went to a different school & they used the Ginn Reading Programme. I used to be able to get different ones for her from the local library.

winnie81

My school uses the Oxford reading tree too and they use jolly phonics.

jamgirl

we use oxford reading tree

i also work in a school and we never let the reading scheme books go home, much to the annoyance of the parents.
however, the children can very quickly learn the books off by heart without actually learning the words out of the context of the book.

the best thing you can do is read a variety of books with your child. encourage him to read the words he can and keep reading the books which are too tricky for him.
read signs as you go along the road.
ask him to point out words he recognises in shops.

absolutebounder

When I look at the general standard of English on these forums I am amazed that any children can read and speak English properly.

looby-loo_2

absolutebounder wrote: »

When I look at the general standard of English on these forums I am amazed that any children can read and speak English properly.

Are you including the mistake in your signature in that remark?

bylromarha

little_princess wrote: »

The school my DS attends uses the Rigby Stars reading scheme, so I have tried to buy books from this scheme to give him a head start before he starts reception class, however these books are really hard to come by, so I have started him off at home on the Oxford Reading Tree Scheme (ORT). He has now progressed up to the level 4 books which he can read without much help, but he doesn't like the level 5 stories as he thinks there are too many words on the page and quickly gets bored with them.

I was therefore wondering what other reading schemes are out there and if anyone could tell me which level within these schemes compares to the ORT level 4 or level 5 books.

Many Thanks

TBH, I'd leave the little lad be!!!!!

You're in danger of getting him tuned off reading, which is very hard to get them tuned back into, especially as boys get older.

Level 5 ORT books are your average year 1 reader. He's getting bored with them as he's probably been memorising the words up to now and the flow of the book rather than reading them, so is finding the many words a hugh hurdle to overcome as they aren't as easy to memorise.

And when he does start reception, if he were in my class and we used ORT, he'd have to read all the books again as we read them as a class so everyone gets to know Floppy and co. The actual stage 1 ORT books never got taken home until Christmas. Your lad would have been soooo fed up by then.

I'd keep going to the library, getting a selection of books there and having fun and let him enjoy reading again and pick up the Rigby scheme under the schools direction.

pinkwitch_2

absolutebounder wrote: »

When I look at the general standard of English on these forums I am amazed that any children can read and speak English properly.

Was there any need for that comment??

absolutebounder

Not really, however if we want our little ones to grow up and prosper in this world. we have to teach them to read well. We also have to teach them how to use our language and this is where various reading schemes have failed badly over the years. Most childrens books are an insult to their intelligence. You have to remember a young child under the age of 6 has a mind that is like a sponge but he / she does not have a critical factor in their brain, which means they cannot distinguish between good and bad reading material. If the parent also lacks the skills it is very difficult for the child to learn properly.

funky-footprints

My childrens school use the oxford learning tree, my son brings home a book twice a week.

We also use the old ladybird reading scheme at home, thats only because i have them here from when i was a child. My son likes reading at the moment, and we worry that with the biff, flipper, kipp ones a lot of what is written down is on the picture.

I would leave the scheme your child has in school to school only, you dont want to bore him, and im sure the teachers wont appreciate it.

We have the flash cards here just to make sure it is the words he knows and he is not relying on the pictures.

Spendless

Oxford Reading Tree too but my son hated reading (or so I thought) and the more I tried to get him 'interested' the more he was determined he wasn't going to. He was so behind with his literacy skills that they put him in special classes in Yr 1 that was the absolute best thing to ever happen to him. It turns out that it is story books he dislikes but non-fiction he loves. Talking to the head apparantly preferring non-fiction is very common in boys and was something I hadn't realised.