StartingOver Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 (edited) I saw a post on the General board about the average 1st grader reading simple chapter books like Frog and Toad or Dr. Suess, was most voted. Â I haven't thought about what my son reads, I mean I know he reads well. He reads about anything and everything in the house. We have tons of Newberry Award books, Sonlight readers through 4-5 and the read alouds from P 3/4 through C. He does much better if he reads himself, instead of me reading aloud. So I just let him read, we do discuss stuff that he comes across when we need to. I don't limit his reading though. He is on book 4 of Harry Potter Series and is wanting to read the Hobbit series. Â Hmmmmm maybe he is farther ahead than I thought. I don't know that it matters, we aren't testers. I just hope it lasts a life time, the reading part. Â What level are your 6 year old reading at? Edited October 2, 2012 by StartingOver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamajag Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 (edited) Mine is 6.5 years old and surprised us this year by zooming from sight/cvc words to reading chapter books within the span of a month or so. Reading was really frustrating and she flourished when I completely stopped using a reading curriculum half way through the summer. She's reading the Magic Treehouse books, the Oz series, and has started the first Harry Potter. Â Honestly, I don't care where she is right now. I'm just so happy that she is enjoying reading instead of reading being frustrating. I honestly don't know whether it was because I stepped back or the Simplex Spelling app on the iPad that did it. I'm just happy to have her showing off her reading now. Edited October 3, 2012 by mamajag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartingOver Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Thanks, at least we are not alone. Sometimes I feel that way, even though this is my second time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) . Edited October 3, 2012 by beaners I'm embarrassing myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My eldest, who will be 6 next week, is pretty typical. She reads anything from simple KG level stuff to easy-reader chapter books, but she needs encouragement to get through almost any book. Definitely needs to build confidence and fluency. Â My youngest 1st grader, who will be 6 in January, can read almost anything. She's read Charlotte's Web and parts of the Little House (Laura Ingalls Wilder) books. She loves make-believe stories regardless of the reading level. But she is limited by unfamiliarity with some vocabulary / figures of speech, and she likes to have pictures to look at. (She doesn't read Dr. Seuss other than the Lorax, which for some reason is one of her favorite books. Frog and Toad were history at least a year ago.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MĂƒÂ©lie Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I think we're on about the same track. My boys will be 5 in December and 6 in January. The younger loves Magic Treehouse, Encyclopedia Brown and the Boxcar Children, but doesn't have the stamina or the desire to read anything harder. The older challenges himself more and just finished the first Percy Jackson book. It felt a little weird taking him into the "9-12" section of the bookstore today to get the rest of the series, but he's excited about reading, so I guess that's what matters! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 It felt a little weird taking him into the "9-12" section of the bookstore today to get the rest of the series, but he's excited about reading, so I guess that's what matters! :) Â My older boy who is turning 8 in December can be found in the teenager section of the library. Luckily the library don't find it unusual. :001_smile: Â My younger boy who is turning 7 in December picks very serious teenage books like Max the Mighty sometimes. His reading taste is atypical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2smartones Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) I wouldn't even mention the difference to him. Just encourage him to read whatever he likes so that he'll continue to love reading! :) It's wonderful when kids learn from an early age how fun and important reading is/will be to their lives! Â Both of my kids raced through phonics on their own at 2-3 years old and were reading at adult level by 4-5. That doesn't mean they chose adult content, though. They mostly read classic fiction, which isn't at all like anything their friends were reading (whatever the popular series was at the school book fairs ... I don't keep up with most of the junk out there). When friends were reading introductory chapter books, mine were reading Journey to the Center of the Earth or Tom Sawyer. With my older, I made a list of books he was reading when he started chapter books on his own around age 4 (don't have a list for the younger) ... Phantom Tollbooth, anything by Kate DiCamillo (except Tiger Rising... too dark!), and the My Father's Dragon trilogy were his favorites during that year. When he was 6, he inherited a bunch of "choose your own adventure" type novels from the 70's and 80's. He enjoyed those just for fun. Â In my family, having a 6 year old who reads HP-level literature is normal. I started assigning a book or two per week as part of our actual school work at age 6. Depending on the length of the book... about 20-25 chapters per week was normal, with probably double that for entertainment reading outside of assigned reading. Â Normal is whatever "normal" means to you. I've learned that it doesn't matter whether my kids are ahead or behind their peers in whatever the skill/topic/subject, they'll still feel poorly about themselves if I tell them they're ahead/behind. Especially at 6, when I'd point out how far ahead one was in something, they'd feel bad that their friends couldn't do ____, and then feel very self-conscious, not wanting their friends to find out. If I pointed out that someone else was better at ____, my kids would feel like they were different/stupid, and that the sky would fall on them at any moment. Â An unsolicited word of advice, which really helped my kids a ton ... when your son realizes he's different (if he hasn't already), help him to realize that EVERYONE is different. Everyone has something they do great and something they do poorly. If you're religious, point out that God gives each of us certain gifts, because we can't all be an ear or a hand... the body needs all parts. Point out the things that YOU do well or poorly, so he can see that you're neither perfect nor an idiot, either. Â Sorry... didn't mean to write a novel. :blush: Â Edit - speaking of library... I took my older to the library one time when he was about 5 looking for "Inkheart", because I thought he'd really enjoy it. I'd seen the movie, but hadn't read the book, and figured it couldn't be all that much different, right?? I couldn't find it, so I asked a librarian. It was in the young adult section along-side a lot of things I wouldn't dare let him read. By then, I was already embarrassed, so we didn't check it out. We left. He still hasn't read it, and I still haven't told him I was looking for what I would've considered a children's book in the young adult section. My view of normal was completely skewed up to that point. From then on, I googled books before going to the library, or else I just browsed the juvenile section for whatever looked challenging enough without embarrassing anyone. I have a much thicker skin now. LOL!! :lol: Edited October 3, 2012 by 2smartones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathwonk Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) we had two gifted sons. one read voraciously, including the hobbit and lord of the rings at about 8 years, but the other one would not read anything and we struggled to encourage him to read for years. i always read to them at night and he seemed to fear we would stop that if he read alone. we finally subscribed to sports illustrated for him since a kid will usually read what he wants to. Â i myself enjoyed "reading" the new york times at about 5 years of age in imitation of my father, but i recall i did not know what many of the words meant. still first grade turned out to be PRETTY BORING (think Dick and Jane or Jack and Jill fall down a hill). I was so excited the first day, never again until college, 12 years later. someone owes me 12 years of childhood intellectual stimulation, (and this was an expensive private school). Â of course i cannot blame them (or can I?) for the fact I am watching television right now! duhhhh! does dancing with the stars kill as many brain cells as alcohol? Edited October 3, 2012 by mathwonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartingOver Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) Quince and Emma both read daily from a book I pick out. Then read additionally from books of their choosing. They both almost always are reading science books. :-) I also read aloud to them, Quince often reads aloud to his sister. He has wonderful fluency. Emma is building fluency now, she has finished OPGTR. I have one older son that read early and well. But that was so long ago. I feel so out of date. Â I let him read anything in the 9 -12 age group. There are some limits. He does extremely well with new vocabulary, figuring meaning from context most of the time. Edited October 3, 2012 by StartingOver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartingOver Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 we had two gifted sons. one read voraciously, including the hobbit and lord of the rings at about 8 years, but the other one would not read anything and we struggled to encourage him to read for years. i always read to them at night and he seemed to fear we would stop that if he read alone. we finally subscribed to sports illustrated for him since a kid will usually read what he wants to. i myself enjoyed "reading" the new york times at about 5 years of age in imitation of my father, but i recall i did not know what many of the words meant. still first grade turned out to be PRETTY BORING (think Dick and Jane or Jack and Jill fall down a hill). I was so excited the first day, never again until college, 12 years later. someone owes me 12 years of childhood intellectual stimulation, (and this was an expensive private school).  of course i cannot blame them (or can I?) for the fact I am watching television right now! duhhhh! does dancing with the stars kill as many brain cells as alcohol?  Dancing with the Stars may very well be like frying eggs to your poor brain cells. :lol::lol:  Shhhhh don't tell anyone that I too watch mindless Tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txmommyofboys Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My 6 year old reads just as much as his 9 year old brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourFidgetyFriend Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Currently, my 6yo most enjoys reading Calvin and Hobbes (an obsession that has lasted almost 2 years now), anything by Kate Dicamillo or Jack Prelutsky, and Babymouse. She also has a soft spot for Elephant and Piggie books no matter how "easy" they are. Â Past faves were Charlotte's Web, The Phantom Tolbooth, and Coraline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBanjoClown Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) DS5 (6 in Dec. - currently in Kindergarten) has recently started reading Magic Tree House books. For school, I have had him reading the 1st grade literature list from Memoria Press. He just finished Stone Soup and is about to start Miss Rumphius. He does still get hung up on a word now and then. Â ETA: My just turned 8yo ds has been reading on the level of Boxcar Children, Encyclopedia Brown, Stuart Little...and picked up a book that interested him at the library yesterday. I told him to read the first page or two to see if he thought he could read it, and he said he wanted it. I got home and looked it up and it is a 7th grade level book. I guess we will see if he is ready for that or not! I think motivation could be key. It is The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader. Edited October 3, 2012 by jpope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My DD just turned 7. She is reading very well, can read anything. We generally giver her chapter books to read, 300ish pages. Â My DS just turned 5, he at the Dr. Seuss-ish level and working on his first chapter book (s.l.o.w.l.y!). Pretty much the same as my DD at this age. Â My younger DS just turned 2, he likes to point out O's, E's & S's - sometimes! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My oldest was six in May. She is capable of reading chapter books, but becomes intimidated by length. She can read a MTH in the time between bedtime and when I expect her to fall asleep...so about an hour. For school she is reading Stuart Little and she's enjoying it. It's not something she would have picked up on her own. She still likes for it to be easy and she still likes pictures every once in a while. Â My oldest son will be five at the end of the month and is at the cusp of fluency. He's reading Dr. Seuss well, but its still work because is still sounding out about a third of the words. Â My next two children know their ABCs, with my 16mo being nearly obsessive about them. If I didn't know better, I'd think he was hyperlexic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roanna Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My 6 yr old reads at a 5th grade level but he gets so bored by real chapter books because of the lack of pictures. So,unlike your child, he stays back in picture books for enjoyment which generally don't make it past 3-4th grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My 6 yr old reads at a 5th grade level but he gets so bored by real chapter books because of the lack of pictures. So,unlike your child, he stays back in picture books for enjoyment which generally don't make it past 3-4th grade. Â My just turned 7 year old can read anything, but he dislikes reading. He will read anything related to legos, Harry Potter, or Star Wars. I have him read aloud to me daily from a McGuffey reader. He is starting to enjoy reading more. He finds the stories silly. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantheia Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My 6.5 year old is an avid reader. He is on book 5 of the Harry Potter series. Other favorites are The Boxcar Children, How to Train Your Dragon, Tumtum and Nutmeg, Kenny and the Dragon, The Hobbit, Dragon Rider (lots of dragon stories!). Â Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esse Quam Videri Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My DD was reading long chapter books in first grade, but DS is a bit different. For school, we are reading through typical first grade books (Frog and Toad, etc) because I want him to work on his reading aloud skills (He runs on sentences, uses a lot of monotone, etc). For fun, that boy won't touch anything that is not found in the non-fiction section. He loves anything about U.S. History, especially the Revolutionary War. Many of these books are middle school level, but not necessarily "chapter books." I'm not sure he is taking everything in, but that's his choice of pleasure reading. He has read two Magic Tree House books (Revolutionary War on Wednesday and Civil Way on Thursday ;-p). I'm honestly unsure where his "reading level" is... he just reads what he likes :-). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnIslandGirl Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My DD tiptoes into the profoundly gifted range, so her reading is anything but typical. In the first grade(by age) her favorite book was Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontĂƒÂ«. Trying to keep up with her voracious reading has been eye-opening in itself. This week she submitted a research proposal to study in her words... "The correlation of Utopian ideals in the Elizabethan era to that of the post-communist world and it's effect on modern society." She asked me to find her a few books that may be "light-reading" on the topic. Are you for real!? She's only 8 years old, and I can't keep up now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My 6yo is reading at a level where he has the ability to read just about anything, but he doesn't love to read like my oldest did at this age. He reads non fiction at a late elementary-middle school level if it interest him. Fiction is a different story. He prefers picture books like Saint George and the Dragon and fairy tales. However, during the last month he read How to Train Your Dragon and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I'm hopeful that this is the beginning of him enjoying fiction a bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathwonk Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) Originally Posted by roanna "My 6 yr old reads at a 5th grade level but he gets so bored by real chapter books because of the lack of pictures. So,unlike your child, he stays back in picture books for enjoyment which generally don't make it past 3-4th grade." Â To me this is sad. In the nineteenth century real books like those by A. Dumas, V. Hugo, M. Cervantes,.., were illustrated by great artists such as Gustave Dore'. This makes the books more fun to read, (although some of these are unsuitable for children in the original.) Â This practice was revived in a sense by the great Classics Comics series in the 1940's, and I have met many people who actually think that illustrated books are only for weak or young readers. Â I suggest these would be amazed to walk down the streets of Paris and look into some of the wonderful rare book stores. Edited October 3, 2012 by mathwonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanikit Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My just turned 5 year old reads aloud to me from books ranging from 2nd to 5th grade level. Independently she doesn't have a lot of stamina for reading though it is improving slowly. She also likes books with pictures so I have her read normal picture books as well as some graded early chapter books that still contain pictures. Based on what has happened with her reading over the past year, I expect a lot will happen this year too so I am unsure where she'll be by age 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Yeah, the "average" thing threw me too. At 6, Sylvia was plowing through everything in sight. She particularly liked Beverly Cleary books. Rebecca was pretty much the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roanna Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 To me this is sad. In the nineteenth century real books like those by A. Dumas, V. Hugo, M. Cervantes,.., were illustrated by great artists such as Gustave Dore'. This makes the books more fun to read, (although some of these are unsuitable for children in the original.)Â This practice was revived in a sense by the great Classics Comics series in the 1940's, and I have met many people who actually think that illustrated books are only for weak or young readers. Â I suggest these would be amazed to walk down the streets of Paris and look into some of the wonderful rare book stores. Â Using Ambleside Online really helped me in this area. How they stress getting the best of the best books with the best artistry helped train me how to find good books for him. We loved the D'aulaire books and others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2smartones Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 There are some wonderful illustrated books out there by publishers like Usborne (non-fiction) or Barefoot (fiction) that extend into the middle school levels. My kids don't like books without pictures - and heck, neither do I!! Even in college, I hated textbooks that were too wordy. I'm a visual person, and focus much better when there is more to a page than black & white. It doesn't matter the price difference: if I walk into a used bookstore and find two copies of the same book, I'll always buy the one with illustrations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My oldest dd was/is like that. She jumped into reading at 4.5yo. By 5yo she could read any (and I mean any) picture book. By 6yo she could read any book I would let her pick up. She still reads voraciously at age 8yo. DS is 6.5yo and just started first grade. He just jumped into reading about 2 weeks ago. He's reading easy readers. He's more afraid of making mistakes than older dd, so I imagine he'll progress a little more slowly. He's not a LA guy, he loves his math and science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathwonk Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 you guys are reminding me that even math books are better when they have pictures. can you imagine a geometry book without pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourtneyBrooke Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 This is an area I struggle in. My boys are just 7 and their reading level /speed far surpasses their maturity level. They've read every single MTH, Encyclopedia Brown, Time Warp Trio, etc books- all the typical chapter books around or slightly above their age. They're currently enjoying Cam Jensen at the rate of 1-2 per day. They've read Call of the Wild and a few others above their level but I'm not ready to introduce them to Harry Potter, etc. Â Its just difficult to find enough books to keep up with their pace but yet aren't too advanced emotionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 At 6, DS was around the 4th grade reading level and developing stamina for reading chapter books. Star Wars books helped that a lot. By the end of first grade, he was reading around a 7th grade level and able to handle a short chapter book without pictures, though he was still warming up to fiction (he didn't enjoy Charlotte's Web). I then realized he preferred nonfiction, and he started reading SOTW, various history encyclopedias, etc. Meanwhile, he found some Star Wars series in the library that were around a 6th-7th grade reading level. He also read some books like Charlotte and the Chocolate Factory and Homer Price, so then he started liking some fiction. Â Now at 8, he has a book in his hand at all times, and he reads faster than I do (we read the Hobbit and LOTR series together this summer, each of us reading on our own... I only beat him on LOTR 2 because I hid the book so I could read ahead! :D). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 my older taught himself to read before he turned 2. by the time he is 6, he was reading Narnia. We since then (he is 8) stay around 6-7 grade level. I just do not want him to read beyond teenager books. I do not feel that is appropriate and there are so many wonderful literature between 5-7 grade reading level. Younger was told to read around 3.5. She is 4.5 now and "decodes" everything. But the comprehension still lacking. She reads with comprehension around 3rd grade. We do have to break the book into small chunk because her age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma2Luke Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 My just-turned-6yo son is completely average in his reading... he's reading Frog and Toad books, Dr. Suess, Henry and Mudge, etc, etc... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I have had only one "average" reader, and she might even have been considered behind at that age. We didn't stress and let her run at her own pace, she reads very slow compared to the others (process and working memory issues). She now reads at the same level as her twin with better comprehension, it just takes her a little longer to savor what she reads. Most of my DC have moved to non-fiction at a young age so there are still pictures, some to the point it is/was a struggle to get them back to fiction. Â I am always thrown by what it is considered "average". :lol: It took me a while to figure out why the new librarian kept giving the kids funny looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NorthofU Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 My daughter is almost 6.5 years - I've done the schonell reading test which put her at a reading age of 12.3. Â We are in Alberta, Canada. I gave her the grade 6 provincial achievement reading comprehension test and she scored 24/50. Â She currently reads books like the Little House on the Prairie Series, The Sisters 8, Magic school bus, magic treehouse, Little Women and many other classics. She also enjoys easy fluffy books like The Rainbow Faires, and Judy Moody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriseiz Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 by the time he is 6, he was reading Narnia. We since then (he is 8) stay around 6-7 grade level. I just do not want him to read beyond teenager books. I do not feel that is appropriate and there are so many wonderful literature between 5-7 grade reading level. Â This describes DDalmost9. It was Hardy Boys at 4, Narnia at 6, The Hobbit at 8. DS6 I think is totally "typical" for his age. He can read pretty well and is interested mainly in nonfiction, but doesn't have the stamina for chapter books yet, though I think it's coming. DS3, well, he is sounding out letters, so who know!?! Both DSs love to sleep with their books just like DD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 My middle son started the Harry Potter series in mid- kindergarten and then I let him finish it in 1st grade...I was a little concerned about it being dark, but he was fine...loved it! He has continued to be a voracious reader. He'll read thousands of pages a week, but I have to say the "amazing reading level" does disappear somewhat :) I mean, what does a 4th grader really read that is developmentally appropriate, interesting to a 9 year old and yet is 6 years ahead level wise? But we do try to find him books in the YA section. It gets more and more challenging. Â Funny - I remember begging him before kindergarten to read something besides picture books :) I struggled to find him more challenging picture books by getting things like fables intended for read alouds. The things we worry about! Â Brownie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nov05mama Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 What level are your 6 year old reading at? Â No idea what the 'level' itself is, but he's been reading almost any chapter books. Â His most recent choices at the library have been books from Time Warp Trio series, Dragonbreath series, Otto Undercover series and he also started Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone last month. He'll be 7 at the end of November. Â His favorites over the course of the last year were Geronimo Stilton, Captain Underpants, and Magic Treehouse here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartingOver Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 No idea what the 'level' itself is, but he's been reading almost any chapter books. Â His most recent choices at the library have been books from Time Warp Trio series, Dragonbreath series, Otto Undercover series and he also started Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone last month. He'll be 7 at the end of November. Â His favorites over the course of the last year were Geronimo Stilton, Captain Underpants, and Magic Treehouse here and there. Â There was another poll asking for average 1st grade reading. It said CVC words easy, Dr Seuss intermediate, Frog and Toad advanced. Or something along those lines. I would call them all a 1st grade level. Second to me would be 4-5 letter words, with beginning and ending blends as in splash. But who knows if my opinion agrees with yours. My 4 year old is reading My Fathers Dragon. My 6 year old can read about anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 It's hard with dd. She tested into grade 4.4 in reading level twice in kindy, but now at 7 she still doesn't read chapter books generally. It's the ADD--she can't focus that long and loses interest so she doesn't finish the books 95% of the time. And she still stumbles occasionally but that's improving with her new phonics program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Mr not quite 6 has read the Harry Potter series (and is a major HP fan) and is reading The Hobbit at the moment. He can read pretty well anything - has for a couple of years. It's hard to remember him not reading - and I need to keep in mind that he's outside the norm when dealing with his same age friends. His sister is a beginning reader... and it seems like such a long slow stage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorrelZG Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 It's hard with dd. She tested into grade 4.4 in reading level twice in kindy, but now at 7 she still doesn't read chapter books generally. It's the ADD--she can't focus that long and loses interest so she doesn't finish the books 95% of the time. And she still stumbles occasionally but that's improving with her new phonics program. Â Â DS was able to read almost anything he laid his hands on from early in his kindergarten year but like your DD, he doesn't read chapter books. He does read a lot but not typically a single book from the beginning, page by page, to the end. I've noticed that he has no qualms about skipping pages or whole chapters if a story isn't developing fast enough for him. He appears to not have the patience or endurance for it although he'll sit for a couple of hours listening to someone read to him from a novel. The only times he actually does it himself is when he gets impatient waiting for another opportunity for someone to read it to him but it's still only a chapter or few. Normally he's choosing books to feed some idea or plan he has and so has to stop frequently to draw, write a script, talk about his ideas or act something out through play and he won't necessarily come back to the same book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaofBoys Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 I don't really pay much attention to reading levels because as a kid I could read anything . . . I just didn't always get adult humor. So with that said, my older two boys tend to read as high as YA in fiction and in the adult section in non-fiction. The reference librarian thinks my ten year old is the funniest kid ever. The science books they like tend to be well illustrated. Boy, do I have to screen for appropriateness, though. Yes, you are interested in alien life forms. No, you may not read this book of interviews with those who claim to have been abducted by aliens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenmama2 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Well, I just used Lexile Analyser on a passage that DD6 read today and it came out as 1356, but yes, she would normally choose Amelia Bedelia or Frog and Toad. Literacy hasn't been one of her accelerated areas but I have suspected vision issues for a long time. Unfortunately COVD optomotrists are rare in this country and I am (still, after two years) having trouble convincing DH that we should travel a few hours and pay to see one when the numerous local optomotrists are covered by our universal health care. Her comprehension is flawless (unfortunate sometimes ;) ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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