Which Reading Scheme Does Your School Use?

bylromarha

Broken_hearted wrote: »

I find the ORT very boring and repetative my eldest got bored very quickly. The youngest reads at home where he can pick which books he enjoys.

Kipper wanted a party
nobody wanted to come
he got his toys

shan't go on...!

MATH

Our Primary school uses ORT and Ginn to send home (along with ORT) They have a very flexible approach to learning to read and have been great at allowing my older two, who are advanced readers to bring in their own books when the dchool ones became a bit trite and predictable.

My eldest DS 11yrs (reading age 15.5yrs) Doesn't like fiction which is fairly typical for boys of this age but devours car manuals and Top gear magazine. If you son doesn't read much consider a Mag subscription on a subject that interests them as a Birthday gift.

DD 9yrs (reading age 16yrs) Always has a nose in a book. Harry Potter, girl detectives and anything with stables and ponies a guarenteed page-turner!

Youngest DS 7yrs (reading age 7yrs) He's left-handed which can sometimes (and has in his case) made learning to read a little slower to get going, but in the last few months he has come on in leps and bounds. He loves reading, he even recited some grafitti on a public toilet wall the other day:eek: I claimed I didn't know what it meant when he asked me:o

lex

Thank you for posting your message OP...my daughter is of a very similar age, and ability. She is due to start reception in September, but chose to learn to read herself. When I talk about her reading to other parents some think I'm a pushy mother, but it was her choice to start to read! I find she is really into her reading for a few months, then wants to drop it for a week or two, then really picks up again. We just play it by ear, and if she has had enough for a while, we don't push it. I know she is definitely reading and not memorising, because we don't often read her "reading books" again and again, also she has the magnetic reception words, and KS1/2 words on her radiator which she loves to play with (ebay is a good source)

We have been reading the ORT books. I'm not massively impressed with them, but they are ok. She can read a level 4 but doesn't often have the stamina to read a whole book in one sitting (which is fine by me - she chooses how much she wants to read - I don't want her to get fed up). She also has some Collins big cat books that I think I once got from the Book People when they were on offer.

The books I love...are the ORT books but the Songbird series. They are written by Julia Donaldson, and are quite fun. The levels are the same as the normal ORT ones. I think the Book People have the Songbird series books really cheaply at the moment. Also there is another ORT series which contains non fiction books for young readers too called Fireflies. I just found details of it on the Oxford Reading Tree website.

Maybe it's worth trying some of the other ORT series? You can then buy level 4 books which you know your son can read, but because they are not too long or hard, it may keep his interest up until he chooses to read the level 5?

I'm not a teacher, and I don't have much knowledge of the reading schemes used in reception classes, but have a similar problem with DD. Hope some of this may have helped a little...

lex

frostyspice

My son (Reception) has been bringing home some lovely non-fiction books from the National Geographic Windows on Literacy series. Fab for any child who likes information - he's brought books home on helicopter rescues, the Earth from space, and wind and water power! Great photographs and just the right level of challenge from the text.