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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter is reportedly the best reader in her class, but I know there are other kids in the grade that read at much higher levels. She can read Magic Treehouse and Scholastic Branches series easily, but prefers graphic novels like Dogman. The best kids in the grade are reading Harry Potter and Wings of Fire chapter books. Some kids aren't reading at all and many are reading exactly what your daughter is. It's also completely normal for them to be intimidated by the big blocks of text, so don't worry about that. It may be helpful for her to try graphic novels that have more complex words, but don't have paragraphs. The Magic Treehouse graphic novels are great for this. Not intimidating at all, and the hard words are interspersed with easier ones so she's not stuck sounding out every third word and losing comprehension. She may also make big leaps over the summer. My nephew went from not reading at all to reading fluently in a few months. Some kids just have it click all at once and some make steady progress. Both are completely fine![/quote]

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