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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can ask for anything you want -- without knowing the culture of the school, none of us can know how it will be received. I'm confused, though, why you think a 5th grader won't get anything out of reading chapter books with the rest of the class. At that age, they are no longer learning how to read/decode, but instead engaging in higher order reading comprehension. If your child is gifted, surely they can learn to think more deeply about whatever books the class is reading.[/quote]

Well, they don't discuss the books the teacher reads out loud or anything - if it were a book club type situation, I'd agree with you. They want to read more advanced, longer, and "interesting" books. [/quote]

Nothing is stopping them from reading more advanced, longer, and interesting books. I would be more troubled by the lack of analysis the class is doing than the so called difficulty level of the book. In 5th grade they should be starting to analyze and write about themes, etc in the assigned readings. From a teacher perspective, additional/extended assignments on the same material is an easier ask than working on completely separate books. That might be a more effective way to approach the situation![/quote]

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