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[quote=Anonymous]OP,

Really try to relax a bit.  My daughter is going into MS this year.  In K, she could not read by any stretch of the imagination.  In her private school reading is the real work of 1st grade and K is more pre-reading.  Reading has become a greater focus in K in public school because of the increasing power of standardized testing.  Before NCLB, the older teachers I know say that reading was not forced in K like it is now.

My daughter did not read with fluency until 2nd grade and she is doing just fine.  She was in the most advanced reading group in 5th grade and her friend who could read books fluently in K was not in the most advanced reading group.

The other thing is that in 3rd grade everyone starts to even out a lot.  Kids who were early readers don't stand out because everyone can read with greater fluency.  Kids who seemed really advanced in K show deficits in other areas so you, as a parent, can understand that while your Larla may be in the second reading group, she has no trouble making friends and has won a seat on the student council while Marla who is in the 1st reading group is still eating paste and talking to her imaginary friend.  You can really see by 3rd grade, in my experience, that everyone evens out *a lot*.  [/quote]

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