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

[Anonymous]

I'm not the PP you're having a disagreement with but I think you should give parents some credit.

We've never tried Harry Potter (totally beyond our kid is my guess) but our 6 year old picked up a Scientific American yesterday and "read" a full article almost perfectly. Sure, he can decode at a very high level but I have no illusions that he understood anything in that story. Anything!

He got that there was a debate going on and figured out what it was about but beyond that nothing despite the fact that he spent a half hour reading four pages and could read almost every word and knew the meaning of about 90 percent of the words.

Parents may brag but I seriously doubt they are that obtuse.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nowhere did anyone say their child's reading level was fifth grade. Nowhere. If you made that assumption you extrapolated from a post that said something entirely different. Go back and read the posts again and then you might want to take back every single thing you just said.

I think you need to realize you mentioned repeatedly that your DS was reading books up to a 5th grade level and you defended his comprehension of these books post after post. You made a point to compare him to a ten-year-old. Do not be so obtuse.

It is the Harry Potter effect. Once a kid can read a parent puts that book in front of them and claims a fifth grade level.

+1,000,000 It is so annoying. Again, once you start having reading tests administered by someone trained at the school, you will see what we mean, OP. "Reading" at home a book that you deem to be at a "fifth grade book" is not "reading" a fifth grade book. It is decoding and getting SOMETHING out of the book, but missing a tremendous amount. People pounce on that because they have been there, done that and know what you're in for in a year or so. No one is taking away from the fact that your son sounds like a great reader. He is not, however, almost 100% for sure, "reading" a 5th grade book. He lacks the life experiences to do that.

I'm the PP who said that my kid reads anything and everything from picture books up to books at about a 5th grade level. nowhere did I say that his reading level was 5th grade. I was then asked what books he was reading. I listed a broad range. I also mentioned my doubts about the level of his comprehension and the only time I mentioned 10 year olds was to say that he didn't understand as well as a ten year old.

That said, the only time his reading level has been tested was about a year ago, shortly after he turned 4. If you really want to be pick this apart, we were told at that time that he was reading at a 3rd grade level. this was from his preschool principal. I don't remember what test it was she administered. She actually gave us a letter grade. It didn't really mean anything to me, so I don't remember what it was. I don't really care what level he is at - he reads what he's interested in and that interest varies, like I said, from simple picture books (and complex picture books, while we're at it) to very complex, long chapter books. I don't really know what else I can say to convey the fact that when he reads the complex long chapter books he typically understands enough to summarize the storyline, describe the characters, make comparisons with other books, predict what might happen next etc etc BUT does he have the same level of comprehension that an older child might have? No, I'm sure he doesn't. I'm sure there are nuances that he misses. I ALREADY SAID ALL THIS. The only defense I made of his comprehension is to say that the BFG (which he just read) was not above him - it's really not a difficult book, especially for a kid who likes wordplay and anagrams.

I'm beginning to doubt the comprehension of some of the PPs on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nowhere did anyone say their child's reading level was fifth grade. Nowhere. If you made that assumption you extrapolated from a post that said something entirely different. Go back and read the posts again and then you might want to take back every single thing you just said.

I think you need to realize you mentioned repeatedly that your DS was reading books up to a 5th grade level and you defended his comprehension of these books post after post. You made a point to compare him to a ten-year-old. Do not be so obtuse.

It is the Harry Potter effect. Once a kid can read a parent puts that book in front of them and claims a fifth grade level.

+1,000,000 It is so annoying. Again, once you start having reading tests administered by someone trained at the school, you will see what we mean, OP. "Reading" at home a book that you deem to be at a "fifth grade book" is not "reading" a fifth grade book. It is decoding and getting SOMETHING out of the book, but missing a tremendous amount. People pounce on that because they have been there, done that and know what you're in for in a year or so. No one is taking away from the fact that your son sounds like a great reader. He is not, however, almost 100% for sure, "reading" a 5th grade book. He lacks the life experiences to do that.

I'm the PP who said that my kid reads anything and everything from picture books up to books at about a 5th grade level. nowhere did I say that his reading level was 5th grade. I was then asked what books he was reading. I listed a broad range. I also mentioned my doubts about the level of his comprehension and the only time I mentioned 10 year olds was to say that he didn't understand as well as a ten year old.

That said, the only time his reading level has been tested was about a year ago, shortly after he turned 4. If you really want to be pick this apart, we were told at that time that he was reading at a 3rd grade level. this was from his preschool principal. I don't remember what test it was she administered. She actually gave us a letter grade. It didn't really mean anything to me, so I don't remember what it was. I don't really care what level he is at - he reads what he's interested in and that interest varies, like I said, from simple picture books (and complex picture books, while we're at it) to very complex, long chapter books. I don't really know what else I can say to convey the fact that when he reads the complex long chapter books he typically understands enough to summarize the storyline, describe the characters, make comparisons with other books, predict what might happen next etc etc BUT does he have the same level of comprehension that an older child might have? No, I'm sure he doesn't. I'm sure there are nuances that he misses. I ALREADY SAID ALL THIS. The only defense I made of his comprehension is to say that the BFG (which he just read) was not above him - it's really not a difficult book, especially for a kid who likes wordplay and anagrams.

I'm beginning to doubt the comprehension of some of the PPs on this thread.

Never heard of oreschool doing a reading test or preschool teachers being trained in how to do it. Regardless, your son sounds like he is doing great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nowhere did anyone say their child's reading level was fifth grade. Nowhere. If you made that assumption you extrapolated from a post that said something entirely different. Go back and read the posts again and then you might want to take back every single thing you just said.

I think you need to realize you mentioned repeatedly that your DS was reading books up to a 5th grade level and you defended his comprehension of these books post after post. You made a point to compare him to a ten-year-old. Do not be so obtuse.

It is the Harry Potter effect. Once a kid can read a parent puts that book in front of them and claims a fifth grade level.

+1,000,000 It is so annoying. Again, once you start having reading tests administered by someone trained at the school, you will see what we mean, OP. "Reading" at home a book that you deem to be at a "fifth grade book" is not "reading" a fifth grade book. It is decoding and getting SOMETHING out of the book, but missing a tremendous amount. People pounce on that because they have been there, done that and know what you're in for in a year or so. No one is taking away from the fact that your son sounds like a great reader. He is not, however, almost 100% for sure, "reading" a 5th grade book. He lacks the life experiences to do that.

I'm the PP who said that my kid reads anything and everything from picture books up to books at about a 5th grade level. nowhere did I say that his reading level was 5th grade. I was then asked what books he was reading. I listed a broad range. I also mentioned my doubts about the level of his comprehension and the only time I mentioned 10 year olds was to say that he didn't understand as well as a ten year old.

That said, the only time his reading level has been tested was about a year ago, shortly after he turned 4. If you really want to be pick this apart, we were told at that time that he was reading at a 3rd grade level. this was from his preschool principal. I don't remember what test it was she administered. She actually gave us a letter grade. It didn't really mean anything to me, so I don't remember what it was. I don't really care what level he is at - he reads what he's interested in and that interest varies, like I said, from simple picture books (and complex picture books, while we're at it) to very complex, long chapter books. I don't really know what else I can say to convey the fact that when he reads the complex long chapter books he typically understands enough to summarize the storyline, describe the characters, make comparisons with other books, predict what might happen next etc etc BUT does he have the same level of comprehension that an older child might have? No, I'm sure he doesn't. I'm sure there are nuances that he misses. I ALREADY SAID ALL THIS. The only defense I made of his comprehension is to say that the BFG (which he just read) was not above him - it's really not a difficult book, especially for a kid who likes wordplay and anagrams.

I'm beginning to doubt the comprehension of some of the PPs on this thread.

Never heard of oreschool doing a reading test or preschool teachers being trained in how to do it. Regardless, your son sounds like he is doing great!

My son was also tested by a reading specialist in preschool at his teacher's initiation. Our preschool is within a private K-8 school though.

[Anonymous]

PP here, our preschool was also within an elementary. (Not private).

[Anonymous]

Sounds like your kids are all exceptionally gifted! I mean that sincerely. My brother was like that -- reading at 3. He skipped 2nd grade. went on to graduate college (stanford) at 18. Why are people so reluctant to call their kids gifted if they clearly are? I have 2 daughters who are bright and healthy, but wouldn't call either of them gifted in this sense. make sure they are happy in school. Consider private if necessary!