Home Readers / Level Readers

Parents should please be aware of the following important points that relate to our whole-school approach to the use of home readers/levelled readers:

• All enquiries regarding a child’s reading level and his or her engagement in home readers/levelled readers should be undertaken with your child’s teacher/s.
• Teachers will endeavour to test each student for their reading level twice a term (this can take up to 40 minutes per child). The teacher will inform parents of any level change that may eventuate from these tests.
• Staff will endeavour to ensure children have a variety of books at their level to borrow, however, there may be times that a child may receive a book that they have already read - this is not a concern as children will benefit by reading the same levelled ready twice provided this doesn’t occur too frequently.
• Home readers/Levelled readers are changed daily by staff - these books should be dropped in the respective class home reader basket.

A child’s level is indicative of fluency (accurate pronunciation, attention to punctuation), confidence with vocabulary and comprehension.