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[quote=Anonymous]I realize that first-time-K moms like myself ask questions like this all the time, and I know I'm not alone in having an advanced reader, so I get that I'm not special.  But I'd like a reality check on how to handle this.  I like my kid's teacher and my kid is doing well.  But my kid keeps complaining that reading at school is boring and that when they read in reading group they're reading "baby books" and "everybody else has trouble reading them".  I am certain that not "everybody else" has trouble reading them, but it probably means that "everybody else" in her reading group does.  At home, she's reading chapter books.  At her parent-teacher conference, the teacher said she's doing great, no concerns, etc.  I doubt that this is a "comprehension" issue, because when she reads at home I kind of test that sometimes to see, and she's on the ball.  She's kind of bizarrely on the ball, actually, and picks up on some pretty subtle stuff.  That said, she can't write for crap.  She totally does the "invented spelling" thing they encourage, and it's barely comprehensible.  So if they hold back reading groups based on writing, then that would explain it.
I'm not worried that she's not challenged, because if I had my way she'd be playing half the day anyway.  But I don't want her to keep thinking that "reading is boring" unless it's at home.  And it's a big part of every day at school.  That seems bad.  So do I raise this with the teacher?  I don't want to be a PITA, and I've had to raise something already with a social issue that really needed to be addressed.  Do I just wait it out?  I was inclined to have the kid raise it, so she's handling it herself (politely, of course), but she's pretty reluctant to and asked me to talk to her teacher.  Fair enough, she's 5.  What to do?[/quote]

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