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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This just isn't that big of a deal.  What books is your child reading at home right now?  Don't increase it - just the truth - what books is she reading on her own?[/quote]
She does not read on her own.  We read together at night.  I read to her and then I give her a book to read.  I don't give her a choice.  Well, sometimes I give her a choice, but they are all the same level.  At first it was BOBBooks, now it's books from the Scholastic "I can read" series, level 1 and 2.

She can read them and comprehend most of the text.[/quote]

Based on this, it sounds like your child is an utterly typical kindergarten reader and not advanced, so it makes sense that she is be treated as a typical kindergarten reader in the classroom.

If she's not choosing to read independently, though, I think it's worth questioning whether she's an engaged and curious reader, which is more important than reading level at this phase. This is especially striking when followed by you not giving her a choice most of the time as to what book she will read. It sounds like she's perhaps being turned off by being forced to read books that are beyond her competency, and may be losing confidence in her reading ability. You might try backing off and letting her pick her books, even if they seem too easy for you, and see what she does. Kids this age typically have an incredible hunger to learn, and will find things that just challenging enough to engage them without discouraging them.[/quote]

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