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    What are some of those 'classics' in literature that you can't figure out WHY?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Oh, I love these threads. I usually just read them. But I must defend Wuthering Heights. What a great, tragic, beautiful, lyrical, dense, gorgeous tale. And utterly new in its day--the unreliable narrator, the unlikable heroine, the crazy hero.

     

     

    I agree. LOVE that book. Mostly because it was so weird and crazy.

     

    Otherwise I agree with the dislikes of everything else.

    6yo reading at 3rd Grade Level. Help.

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    Here is a lexile-to-grade correspondence chart. Here is the place (book search function) where you can enter the book information and generate the lexile level.

     

    Thanks, but Magic Tree house is 2nd - 3rd grade ish not 1st! Anyway another good site is http://schools.roundrockisd.org/bkldprairie/Library/ar/arlist-title-a.htm much easier to use. They list those books as 3rd grade mostly.

     

    Just wanted to back up the op

    6yo reading at 3rd Grade Level. Help.

    in Accelerated Learner Board

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    From what I remember, and I checked with Lexile to be sure, Magic Treehouse are at an average reading level of 1st or 2nd grade.

     

    Geronimo Stilton have an average Lexile of 500 which puts them right in the 2nd grade range as well.

     

    Same thing again with The Bocxcar Children...average range of 400 - 600, which is 2nd/3rd grade level.

     

    I'd check into your local library for books that are at his level about specific topics. You could ask your librarian or search within the library database (many libraries even offer this service directly from their website so you can search and order books in from home).

     

    There are loads of great fiction books in the reading level that will be perfect for his age. Do a quick search here and you should come up with some fantastic suggestions!

     

    Where did you come up with those levels? Everything I have seen and read puts them at a 3rd grade level like the op said. Most 1st graders are barely starting to read no way could they be reading a novel.

    S/O What wage would you set for min wage?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I wouldn't mandate a minimum wage at all if I were "in charge" ;)

     

    People can choose to work for a miser or not. Those who pay well and treat their employees well would reap the benefits of having LOTs of qualified applicants and satisfied employees. Misers would go out of business.

     

    I do believe in workplace laws for safety, etc., but not the the degree that we now see in our country.

     

     

    I agree. And anyway you should not be having a family if you only work for min. wage. If you start working for min wage when you finish high school, and do your job well, you will not be a min wage for long. Min wage is plenty for a single person. AND if 2 people were working for min wage you would be fine also. Maybe the real problem is that people cannot keep their pants on.

    Censorship

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I believe in censorship as in everyone in town does not want the book with the naked lady on the cover on display at the public library. (This has happened). But not censorship that prohibits books from being printed or sold, or changing books, etc just because someone is offended.

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