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

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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

So what? These aren't deep philosophical treatises, (although the later books did wander into some deeper areas). Frankly, as an adult, I didn't care for the deeper parts. If they had been in the first book I wouldn't have read any later books. As these parts came later in the series, I glossed over them and focused on the GIST of the story.

As for whether or not the child knew the vocabulary, it's irrelevant. If the child didn't know the vocabulary she learned as she went along. I have no idea how many of the words the child knew originally, but over the years I've learned that there is very little that is impossible. Remember, the Titanic was supposed to be unsinkable.

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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

So what? These aren't deep philosophical treatises, (although the later books did wander into some deeper areas). Frankly, as an adult, I didn't care for the deeper parts. If they had been in the first book I wouldn't have read any later books. As these parts came later in the series, I glossed over them and focused on the GIST of the story.

As for whether or not the child knew the vocabulary, it's irrelevant. If the child didn't know the vocabulary she learned as she went along. I have no idea how many of the words the child knew originally, but over the years I've learned that there is very little that is impossible. Remember, the Titanic was supposed to be unsinkable.

It isn't irrelevant because these posts were all addressing her claim she that her kid knew the vocabulary.

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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

So what? These aren't deep philosophical treatises, (although the later books did wander into some deeper areas). Frankly, as an adult, I didn't care for the deeper parts. If they had been in the first book I wouldn't have read any later books. As these parts came later in the series, I glossed over them and focused on the GIST of the story.

As for whether or not the child knew the vocabulary, it's irrelevant. If the child didn't know the vocabulary she learned as she went along. I have no idea how many of the words the child knew originally, but over the years I've learned that there is very little that is impossible. Remember, the Titanic was supposed to be unsinkable.

It isn't irrelevant because these posts were all addressing her claim she that her kid knew the vocabulary.

No. These posts were all adressing the question of what books a aecond grader might read. Going back to the original HP post, it was used as an example of the range of reading abilities

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Well she hasn't seen any of the movies so definitely hasn't picked up anything that way. Wasn't even aware there were movies until she'd read the first few. But go ahead with your assumptions.

[Anonymous]

Angry mother of potato headed kid shouts at other mother whose kid is a prodigy.

And so we go...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Angry mother of potato headed kid shouts at other mother whose kid is a prodigy.

And so we go...

Prodigy? Ha ha...this mother thinks so. Funny, tho

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Anonymous wrote:Angry mother of potato headed kid shouts at other mother whose kid is a prodigy.

And so we go...

Prodigy? Ha ha...this mother thinks so. Funny, tho

Are you the angry mother of a potato head child?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Angry mother of potato headed kid shouts at other mother whose kid is a prodigy.

And so we go...

Prodigy? Ha ha...this mother thinks so. Funny, tho

Are you the angry mother of a potato head child?

Does insulting another's kid make you feel good? Happy holidays!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Angry mother of potato headed kid shouts at other mother whose kid is a prodigy.

And so we go...

Prodigy? Ha ha...this mother thinks so. Funny, tho

Are you the angry mother of a potato head child?

Does insulting another's kid make you feel good? Happy holidays!!

It was a question not an accusation. However i shall take your response to mean "yes".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Angry mother of potato headed kid shouts at other mother whose kid is a prodigy.

And so we go...

Prodigy? Ha ha...this mother thinks so. Funny, tho

Are you the angry mother of a potato head child?

Does insulting another's kid make you feel good? Happy holidays!!

It was a question not an accusation. However i shall take your response to mean "yes".

Wow, lady. Just...wow.

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Anonymous wrote:À la recherche du temps perdu.

Currently on volume 3.

In French or an English translation?