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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DS has only met with his reading group 1x and no baggie books so far so it's normal for us. Also a class with 25-26 kids.

They do have literacy games set out and some kids are also allowed to use sight word flash cards so there reading education going on at that time even if they are not in a group.

PP is your daughter a good reader? Our DS is a pretty advanced reader so that may explain why he doesn't really get to meet much with his group. The big problem is that there's nothing else for kids at this level to do during that time since the literacy centers are really meant for non-readers/early readers. When I have volunteered I have seen our DS and other advanced readers doing things like trying to make card towers with the sight words flash cards or doodling. Luckily the teacher hasn't called them out on this but I think it would be helpful for everyone if she would give them other activities even if it's busy work like coloring or drawing a cover for a book or whatever. The kids I'm talking about are pretty well behaved but you can sense that they are restless.

[quote=Anonymous]My daughter has only met with her reading group 2 times.  Is this normal.  The class has 25 kids (3 added within the last 2 weeks) I feel like her reading at home has gotten worse, handwriting comes home sloppy and she is even writing some numbers backwards that she never did in preschool.  I am really concerned she is slipping thru the cracks.  I volunteer and the teacher only takes one reading group a day for 10-15min (at least the 3 days I have been there.)  They are average 4-5 kids.  So I would think they would meet at least every 6 days.  Is this all normal?  I don't understand how kids can motor thru reading levels meeting so little.  [/quote][/quote]

Yes this is exactly what I have noticed too.  My daughter knows all the word wall words already.  She is reading well but that doesn't mean she shouldn't be getting an education because others have to be caught up.  All kids deserve the same amount of teaching and because there is no one really watching the kids, my daughter is the type who zips thru anything given to her without a thought or care and she still gets P on everything.  She learned so much more in a 2.5hr preschool than she is a 6hr kindergarten class.  There were expectations for each kid on every level.  I am just really sad that this is the norm.  [/quote]

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