What reading level is your K'er on?
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Anonymous
| I used to say the only thing he could read in K was his name. He is just fine now in HS an avid reader. |
Anonymous
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I am not following your instructions but I thought you might find this interesting:
http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2010/Surviving-Kindergarten/ I am not an educator but from what I have read, children learn at different paces but they generally converge in 2nd grade. Boys often take longer. There are many countries (e.g. Finland) which do not teach reading in kindergarten. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/finland-schools-kindergarten-literacy_us_560ece14e4b0af3706e0a60c I am not diminishing any concern you might be having. You have another child and so you have experience and if your gut is telling you that your child is not making enough progress you should of course look into it. Good luck |
Anonymous
| My DD entered K not being able to read one word. She was still getting letters and sounds mixed up. I believe (but it's been a few years) that kids were expected to reach level 4 by the end of K. However, the school expected something more like level 6. My DD ended K reading on second grading period second grade level (I do not remember the corresponding number). My older child did not read until well into second grade. Both my kids are avid readers now (middle school and upper ES). It just clicks when it clicks. |
Anonymous
| Our K dd is bringing home letters, not books. |
Anonymous
| are you in a W cluster ES? |
Anonymous
| Kids are all over the place in K. A great teacher makes a lot of difference. Right now my dd is in 1st, and the bottom 2 groups get special pull outs with the reading specialist. |
Anonymous
| 3...apparently the kid can read better than he let on. |
Anonymous
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DC is at B.
Top group includes a handful of kids who can read chapter books but they are on D level books in class. It's not an issue of comprehension. The teacher explicitly told us they stop testing at D, one year ahead, for the beginning of K. This is a W school. |
Anonymous
| 5. She was really interested in learning to read this summer, so we did BOB books (but only when she asked to read them). I work in the same school and there are a handful of K'ers at 12+, a few in the 3-6 range, and the bulk are in the 1-3 range, along with many students on reading behavior/concepts about print. They're all over the place. Some kids at this age are ready and interested, others aren't just yet. |
Anonymous
| She was at a 6 when they tested the first few weeks of school. She keeps pressing me to try harder books though. She loves to read. Her social skills need some work though. |
Anonymous
| My son is on 3 but he is almost 6 and spent the past couple of summers doing fundamentals with his grandmother who is a retired elementary teacher. |
Anonymous
| I assume OP is asking how close to the top her kid is. At some schools the top kids are capped at level 16/J which is one year ahead. They start at 16 and end at J so make no progress but do work on writing. |
Anonymous
Our K DS is also bringing home letters - when he's bringing home anything at all. I'm sure it'll pick up, but so far we're not seeing much "reading" being taught |
Anonymous
Pretty sure you have to read to your kids in addition to having them watch you read a book. |
Anonymous
You're really going to have to do most of the reading prep at home. |