What kind of books is your second grader reading on her own?

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to 12:34 i smell very strong odor of BS.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you buying for your own child or a relative/friend? If you know a reading level, that will help tremendously. There is such a wide variation -- one kid reads Harry Potter, another Ivy & Bean, and another is still decoding words. All within the expected range for 2nd grade.

OP please realize the kids reading the Harry Potter chapter books may be reading most of the words, but they do not truly understand it and the depth of the books, especially book 3 onwards. I think some parents enjoy pushing books that kids can read but not comprehend for some odd reason.

There are so many chapter series out there but I think going back to old-school books are nice gifts. Donald Rahl, Judy Blume, Nancy Drew etc... Even if they are too hard, most parents still read chapter books to kids this age.

Umm, we're talking about second graders, not kindergartners. Some children may be decoding the Harry Potter books without any comprehension, but others are actually reading them.

I wouldn't suggest Harry Potter as a gift, though, unless you're considering those new illustrated versions.

NP here...yes, we know. A second grader may get the fist from knowing the general story, but will miss a tremendous amount of the intended I formation. I know, I know...not your kid.

Yeah, yeah. I thought the same when my six year old read all the HP books in very quick succession. So I found some comprehension
tests online. There are lots of them. I have read all the books and couldn't answer many of the questions. My child aced every single one. I assume this is not common and I know she will understand more when she reads them subsequently, but she absolutely would not be reading them if she was not able to understand them and make sense of them. I didn't encourage her to read them at all, her teacher decided she was ready. I was shocked at her ability to read 600 pages in a couple of days. All the other kids her age were just starting to read, with a couple in very basic beginner chapter books.

Ha I obviously knew many would think, "My kid iS the exception being so extraordinary and all." Hand your brilliant 6 year old these words...can she define and pronounce them? I literally flipped open a few of the books and randomly found these words:

Disinherit
Moulder
Tawdry
Unerring
Bastard
Epitaph
Pompous
Ancestor
Suffice
Annihilate
Conundrum
Denouement
Facade
Fallible
Homicidal
Hue
Obscure
Premonition
Refuge
Placid
Resonances
Furtive

I found many other easier words that are on my kid's "gold division" (for the gifted kids) Wordmasters challenge this year...my kid is in 5th grade. I didn't even list those because I'm sure they are too easy for your child. Looking forward to hearing back from you...

Yes. Just asked her. She knew and correctly defined all except two. Her pronunciation isn't perfect but that's common in kids who learn and use new words they've picked up entirely by reading. As you're clearly an expert I'm surprised you didn't know that.

Do tell...which are the only two she didn't know?

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Anonymous wrote:Are you buying for your own child or a relative/friend? If you know a reading level, that will help tremendously. There is such a wide variation -- one kid reads Harry Potter, another Ivy & Bean, and another is still decoding words. All within the expected range for 2nd grade.

OP please realize the kids reading the Harry Potter chapter books may be reading most of the words, but they do not truly understand it and the depth of the books, especially book 3 onwards. I think some parents enjoy pushing books that kids can read but not comprehend for some odd reason.

There are so many chapter series out there but I think going back to old-school books are nice gifts. Donald Rahl, Judy Blume, Nancy Drew etc... Even if they are too hard, most parents still read chapter books to kids this age.

Umm, we're talking about second graders, not kindergartners. Some children may be decoding the Harry Potter books without any comprehension, but others are actually reading them.

I wouldn't suggest Harry Potter as a gift, though, unless you're considering those new illustrated versions.

NP here...yes, we know. A second grader may get the fist from knowing the general story, but will miss a tremendous amount of the intended I formation. I know, I know...not your kid.

Yeah, yeah. I thought the same when my six year old read all the HP books in very quick succession. So I found some comprehension
tests online. There are lots of them. I have read all the books and couldn't answer many of the questions. My child aced every single one. I assume this is not common and I know she will understand more when she reads them subsequently, but she absolutely would not be reading them if she was not able to understand them and make sense of them. I didn't encourage her to read them at all, her teacher decided she was ready. I was shocked at her ability to read 600 pages in a couple of days. All the other kids her age were just starting to read, with a couple in very basic beginner chapter books.

Ha I obviously knew many would think, "My kid iS the exception being so extraordinary and all." Hand your brilliant 6 year old these words...can she define and pronounce them? I literally flipped open a few of the books and randomly found these words:

Disinherit
Moulder
Tawdry
Unerring
Bastard
Epitaph
Pompous
Ancestor
Suffice
Annihilate
Conundrum
Denouement
Facade
Fallible
Homicidal
Hue
Obscure
Premonition
Refuge
Placid
Resonances
Furtive

I found many other easier words that are on my kid's "gold division" (for the gifted kids) Wordmasters challenge this year...my kid is in 5th grade. I didn't even list those because I'm sure they are too easy for your child. Looking forward to hearing back from you...

Whoops...just realized facade is one of her wordmasters words, again 5th grade gifted division words for this nationwide anaologies test. Did your child know that one? Did she know all of the definitions of it?

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Anonymous wrote:I'd err on the side of "possibly too hard" because the kid can always grow into the book. But if you go "too easy", the kid and parents might be offended and they won't be able to use it.

My daughter is reading dory fantasmagory right now. She likes goosebumps and cupcake diaries. So chapter books. She liked charlotte's web too.

I'm not sure I agree. As a parent of a kid who took their time learning to read, and a special educator, I think that to a child a gift of a book they can't read feels a whole lot like a slap across the face.

If you don't know what or how well a child reads, then I'd either get something picture heavy

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Character-Encyclopedia-Updated-Expanded/dp/1465448853/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482518339&sr=8-1&keywords=star+wars+books

Or something like a joke book.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd err on the side of "possibly too hard" because the kid can always grow into the book. But if you go "too easy", the kid and parents might be offended and they won't be able to use it.

My daughter is reading dory fantasmagory right now. She likes goosebumps and cupcake diaries. So chapter books. She liked charlotte's web too.

I'm not sure I agree. As a parent of a kid who took their time learning to read, and a special educator, I think that to a child a gift of a book they can't read feels a whole lot like a slap across the face.

If you don't know what or how well a child reads, then I'd either get something picture heavy

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Character-Encyclopedia-Updated-Expanded/dp/1465448853/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482518339&sr=8-1&keywords=star+wars+books

Or something like a joke book.

This. Teachers spend time teaching kids to pick just right books. You can google what that is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are you buying for your own child or a relative/friend? If you know a reading level, that will help tremendously. There is such a wide variation -- one kid reads Harry Potter, another Ivy & Bean, and another is still decoding words. All within the expected range for 2nd grade.

OP please realize the kids reading the Harry Potter chapter books may be reading most of the words, but they do not truly understand it and the depth of the books, especially book 3 onwards. I think some parents enjoy pushing books that kids can read but not comprehend for some odd reason.

There are so many chapter series out there but I think going back to old-school books are nice gifts. Donald Rahl, Judy Blume, Nancy Drew etc... Even if they are too hard, most parents still read chapter books to kids this age.

Umm, we're talking about second graders, not kindergartners. Some children may be decoding the Harry Potter books without any comprehension, but others are actually reading them.

I wouldn't suggest Harry Potter as a gift, though, unless you're considering those new illustrated versions.

NP here...yes, we know. A second grader may get the fist from knowing the general story, but will miss a tremendous amount of the intended I formation. I know, I know...not your kid.

Yeah, yeah. I thought the same when my six year old read all the HP books in very quick succession. So I found some comprehension
tests online. There are lots of them. I have read all the books and couldn't answer many of the questions. My child aced every single one. I assume this is not common and I know she will understand more when she reads them subsequently, but she absolutely would not be reading them if she was not able to understand them and make sense of them. I didn't encourage her to read them at all, her teacher decided she was ready. I was shocked at her ability to read 600 pages in a couple of days. All the other kids her age were just starting to read, with a couple in very basic beginner chapter books.

Ha I obviously knew many would think, "My kid iS the exception being so extraordinary and all." Hand your brilliant 6 year old these words...can she define and pronounce them? I literally flipped open a few of the books and randomly found these words:

Disinherit
Moulder
Tawdry
Unerring
Bastard
Epitaph
Pompous
Ancestor
Suffice
Annihilate
Conundrum
Denouement
Facade
Fallible
Homicidal
Hue
Obscure
Premonition
Refuge
Placid
Resonances
Furtive

I found many other easier words that are on my kid's "gold division" (for the gifted kids) Wordmasters challenge this year...my kid is in 5th grade. I didn't even list those because I'm sure they are too easy for your child. Looking forward to hearing back from you...

Whoops...just realized facade is one of her wordmasters words, again 5th grade gifted division words for this nationwide anaologies test. Did your child know that one? Did she know all of the definitions of it?

I didn't all for multiple definitions. She talked of facade of a building. Words she didn't know were denouement, hardly surprising because I also am unfamiliar with that word, plus resonances.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, and moulder, so that's three.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, and moulder, so that's three.

Ha ha...your 6 year old knows bastard and tawdry?? You're funny

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'd err on the side of "possibly too hard" because the kid can always grow into the book. But if you go "too easy", the kid and parents might be offended and they won't be able to use it.

My daughter is reading dory fantasmagory right now. She likes goosebumps and cupcake diaries. So chapter books. She liked charlotte's web too.

I'm not sure I agree. As a parent of a kid who took their time learning to read, and a special educator, I think that to a child a gift of a book they can't read feels a whole lot like a slap across the face.

If you don't know what or how well a child reads, then I'd either get something picture heavy

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Character-Encyclopedia-Updated-Expanded/dp/1465448853/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482518339&sr=8-1&keywords=star+wars+books

Or something like a joke book.

This. Teachers spend time teaching kids to pick just right books. You can google what that is.

This poster had a good point. There are lots of books (puzzle books, Guiness book of records, I spy, etc) that don't have a lot of text to read.

If you do want a good book to read I would suggest one of the Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine or Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty Macdonald. My kids are older now, but they both enjoyed these books and so did I. If the child isn't ready to read them independently, they would be good to read aloud.

[Anonymous]

Frannie K Stein
Nancy Clancy
Amelia Bedelia Chapter Books

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, and moulder, so that's three.

Ha ha...your 6 year old knows bastard and tawdry?? You're funny

Your six year old doesn't? Don't most six year olds know bastard? I certainly did, though I'm sure my parents weren't thrilled.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, and moulder, so that's three.

Ha ha...your 6 year old knows bastard and tawdry?? You're funny

Your six year old doesn't? Don't most six year olds know bastard? I certainly did, though I'm sure my parents weren't thrilled.

I just asked my 10 year old the words but she didn't know most of them.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, and moulder, so that's three.

Ha ha...your 6 year old knows bastard and tawdry?? You're funny

Your six year old doesn't? Don't most six year olds know bastard? I certainly did, though I'm sure my parents weren't thrilled.

To understand the word fully one needs to understand sex out of wedlock and conception and then to get how it is thought of as bad.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, and moulder, so that's three.

Ha ha...your 6 year old knows bastard and tawdry?? You're funny

Your six year old doesn't? Don't most six year olds know bastard? I certainly did, though I'm sure my parents weren't thrilled.

I just asked my 10 year old the words but she didn't know most of them.

For Pete's sake! Children (like adults) vary in a great many ways (including vocabulary). Whether your child does or doesn't know a vocabulary word/list is not evidence about another child.

Further, it is not necessary to know every word in a book to read it. In fact, reading is an excellent way to learn new vocabulary. As an adult reader with a pretty good vocabulary, I still run across new words now and then which I look up and add to my vocabulary. According to some recommendations on how to pick a "just right" book there should be no more than five unknown words PER PAGE.

People can get value from reading literature on many different levels. Perhaps a kindergartener won't get as much from reading something at 5 as they would at 7 (or 17 or 70). It doesn't mean that they won't still get something from it. I've heard school officials recommend that students study the same material in multiple grades because students can get different experiences from great literature at different ages. (This always sounded like a great way to bore kids). Personally, there are some stories which resonated with me (even if they weren't great literature) that I read many times over the years. I'm not sure that I appreciated them on deeper levels, they were just beloved friends that I enjoyed visiting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, and moulder, so that's three.

Ha ha...your 6 year old knows bastard and tawdry?? You're funny

Your six year old doesn't? Don't most six year olds know bastard? I certainly did, though I'm sure my parents weren't thrilled.

I just asked my 10 year old the words but she didn't know most of them.

For Pete's sake! Children (like adults) vary in a great many ways (including vocabulary). Whether your child does or doesn't know a vocabulary word/list is not evidence about another child.

Further, it is not necessary to know every word in a book to read it. In fact, reading is an excellent way to learn new vocabulary. As an adult reader with a pretty good vocabulary, I still run across new words now and then which I look up and add to my vocabulary. According to some recommendations on how to pick a "just right" book there should be no more than five unknown words PER PAGE.

People can get value from reading literature on many different levels. Perhaps a kindergartener won't get as much from reading something at 5 as they would at 7 (or 17 or 70). It doesn't mean that they won't still get something from it. I've heard school officials recommend that students study the same material in multiple grades because students can get different experiences from great literature at different ages. (This always sounded like a great way to bore kids). Personally, there are some stories which resonated with me (even if they weren't great literature) that I read many times over the years. I'm not sure that I appreciated them on deeper levels, they were just beloved friends that I enjoyed visiting.

Yes of course!!!but the person says her 6 year old really comprehends these books. She's getting the gist and that's it...even more so likely based on the movies. The point is that at 6 this kid is missing a lot. I'll also state that there is still zero chance her 6 year old knew all but 3 of those words. Zero