what can do do to help my advanced KG girl in reading?

[Anonymous]

I also have a very advanced reader. I just keep plenty of books available and give her lots of opportunities to read. I have found that while she can read and comprehend material years beyond her age, she is bored by it because she likes the content of the books that are at her age level. I just let her read what makes her happy.

As to writing, we have a couple of really fancy notebooks (like jewels, glitter and fur on the front - she loves all things girly) that we use to write notes back and forth to each other. One of my older kids who is not as good of a reader or writer does this with me as well. Sometimes we go a few weeks without writing and other times, it's several notes a day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also have a very advanced reader. I just keep plenty of books available and give her lots of opportunities to read. I have found that while she can read and comprehend material years beyond her age, she is bored by it because she likes the content of the books that are at her age level. I just let her read what makes her happy.

As to writing, we have a couple of really fancy notebooks (like jewels, glitter and fur on the front - she loves all things girly) that we use to write notes back and forth to each other. One of my older kids who is not as good of a reader or writer does this with me as well. Sometimes we go a few weeks without writing and other times, it's several notes a day.

This is super sweet, and a great idea!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how do you know your child is the top reader? i volunteer in my child's classroom and only have a sense of who is in what broad category. that is, who's still learning the alphabet and who can read pretty fluently but no idea who is the "highest" reader or the "lowest."

Not the OP but I knew my child was the top reader because the teacher said it at the fall parent teacher conference. I previously taught first grade myself so I knew he was a very good reader, but would have had no idea that he was at "the" top or anywhere else.

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Anonymous wrote:how do you know your child is the top reader? i volunteer in my child's classroom and only have a sense of who is in what broad category. that is, who's still learning the alphabet and who can read pretty fluently but no idea who is the "highest" reader or the "lowest."

Not the OP but I knew my child was the top reader because the teacher said it at the fall parent teacher conference. I previously taught first grade myself so I knew he was a very good reader, but would have had no idea that he was at "the" top or anywhere else.

Wow. In my experience, teachers are very reluctant to tell parents how their child compares to the others. I have tried to get that info out of them and they hedge.

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Anonymous wrote:how do you know your child is the top reader? i volunteer in my child's classroom and only have a sense of who is in what broad category. that is, who's still learning the alphabet and who can read pretty fluently but no idea who is the "highest" reader or the "lowest."

Not the OP but I knew my child was the top reader because the teacher said it at the fall parent teacher conference. I previously taught first grade myself so I knew he was a very good reader, but would have had no idea that he was at "the" top or anywhere else.

Wow. In my experience, teachers are very reluctant to tell parents how their child compares to the others. I have tried to get that info out of them and they hedge.

I'm the poster to whom you are responding. That's why I shrug my shoulders and get annoyed at the people who go on and on about how bored their snowflakes are or will be in kindergarten. If my kid wasn't bored, yours will be just fine. There is still a lot to work on, as being a able to read isn't the end all be all.

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Anonymous wrote:how do you know your child is the top reader? i volunteer in my child's classroom and only have a sense of who is in what broad category. that is, who's still learning the alphabet and who can read pretty fluently but no idea who is the "highest" reader or the "lowest."

Not the OP but I knew my child was the top reader because the teacher said it at the fall parent teacher conference. I previously taught first grade myself so I knew he was a very good reader, but would have had no idea that he was at "the" top or anywhere else.

Wow. In my experience, teachers are very reluctant to tell parents how their child compares to the others. I have tried to get that info out of them and they hedge.

I'm the poster to whom you are responding. That's why I shrug my shoulders and get annoyed at the people who go on and on about how bored their snowflakes are or will be in kindergarten. If my kid wasn't bored, yours will be just fine. There is still a lot to work on, as being a able to read isn't the end all be all.

This is PP - I'm not OP. My little snowflake is actually one of the slower readers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how do you know your child is the top reader? i volunteer in my child's classroom and only have a sense of who is in what broad category. that is, who's still learning the alphabet and who can read pretty fluently but no idea who is the "highest" reader or the "lowest."

I was wondering that too; plus how on earth do you know what is going on in your child's classroom all day? Are you there or are you actually believing that your child is giving you an accurate picture of the whole day? I'd talk to the teacher before concluding that she is just coloring all day. In the mean time, read to her and discuss what you are reading. It builds vocabulary and comprehension.

[Anonymous]

Wow. In my experience, teachers are very reluctant to tell parents how their child compares to the others. I have tried to get that info out of them and they hedge.

I taught school and had parents try to get that out of me. I always waffled and dodged. It's inappropriate information. However, it was usually questions about other kids' behavior that really concerned them.

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Anonymous wrote:how do you know your child is the top reader? i volunteer in my child's classroom and only have a sense of who is in what broad category. that is, who's still learning the alphabet and who can read pretty fluently but no idea who is the "highest" reader or the "lowest."

Not the OP but I knew my child was the top reader because the teacher said it at the fall parent teacher conference. I previously taught first grade myself so I knew he was a very good reader, but would have had no idea that he was at "the" top or anywhere else.

Wow. In my experience, teachers are very reluctant to tell parents how their child compares to the others. I have tried to get that info out of them and they hedge.

I'm the poster to whom you are responding. That's why I shrug my shoulders and get annoyed at the people who go on and on about how bored their snowflakes are or will be in kindergarten. If my kid wasn't bored, yours will be just fine. There is still a lot to work on, as being a able to read isn't the end all be all.

Agh, former teacher who uses the term "snowflake". I'm glad you don't teach anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:how do you know your child is the top reader? i volunteer in my child's classroom and only have a sense of who is in what broad category. that is, who's still learning the alphabet and who can read pretty fluently but no idea who is the "highest" reader or the "lowest."

Not the OP but I knew my child was the top reader because the teacher said it at the fall parent teacher conference. I previously taught first grade myself so I knew he was a very good reader, but would have had no idea that he was at "the" top or anywhere else.

Wow. In my experience, teachers are very reluctant to tell parents how their child compares to the others. I have tried to get that info out of them and they hedge.

I'm the poster to whom you are responding. That's why I shrug my shoulders and get annoyed at the people who go on and on about how bored their snowflakes are or will be in kindergarten. If my kid wasn't bored, yours will be just fine. There is still a lot to work on, as being a able to read isn't the end all be all.

Agh, former teacher who uses the term "snowflake". I'm glad you don't teach anymore.

Me too!!!!

[Anonymous]

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Wow. In my experience, teachers are very reluctant to tell parents how their child compares to the others. I have tried to get that info out of them and they hedge.

I taught school and had parents try to get that out of me. I always waffled and dodged. It's inappropriate information. However, it was usually questions about other kids' behavior that really concerned them.

I would never ask because it isn't relevant. My kid may have been in the top few or middle among another group of kids. The teacher said it on her own.

[Anonymous]

I would never ask because it isn't relevant. My kid may have been in the top few or middle among another group of kids. The teacher said it on her own.

Still unprofessional. Please don't repeat it to anyone.

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I would never ask because it isn't relevant. My kid may have been in the top few or middle among another group of kids. The teacher said it on her own.

Still unprofessional. Please don't repeat it to anyone.

I would never....the bigger the ego, the harder the fall. I am not living through my kids. He has plenty to work on: handwriting is avg, can get angry too easily, has some anxiety, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:how do you know your child is the top reader? i volunteer in my child's classroom and only have a sense of who is in what broad category. that is, who's still learning the alphabet and who can read pretty fluently but no idea who is the "highest" reader or the "lowest."

Not the OP but I knew my child was the top reader because the teacher said it at the fall parent teacher conference. I previously taught first grade myself so I knew he was a very good reader, but would have had no idea that he was at "the" top or anywhere else.

Wow. In my experience, teachers are very reluctant to tell parents how their child compares to the others. I have tried to get that info out of them and they hedge.

I'm the poster to whom you are responding. That's why I shrug my shoulders and get annoyed at the people who go on and on about how bored their snowflakes are or will be in kindergarten. If my kid wasn't bored, yours will be just fine. There is still a lot to work on, as being a able to read isn't the end all be all.

+1 and then some.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not the OP, but when my DD was in K, I was told by the teacher that she'd never seen a child score so highly on the initial reading assessment, so I did know she was the top reader in her class.
In my experience, the K teachers usually give the advanced readers are more sophisticated version of the same assignment -- so while other kids are maybe drawing a picture of what they did over the weekend, the kids that are already reading are asked to write a sentence describing their picture. Most K classes also have an in-classroom library where the kids can pick out a book for their free time. My child does this every day.
You can also ask the K teacher if your child can go to the school library more frequently than once a week -- my kids teacher lets them go every day if they are done with the book they checked out.
But my advice in general is, so long as your kid is happy, don't push it. Take them to the public library on the weekend and help them pick out some decent books so that they're not just reading Pokemon Novellas all the time (which is what they'll pick out at the school library).

Your intial reading assessment must be higher than when my DC was in kindergarten. A full fourth of the class got 100% right.