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True, but there are many public schools where there are only a few children with any difficulty and they go to see a specialist. No reason why in 4th grade the majority of kids in public should be reading comic books just to get hooked on reading while private schools are busy actually learning content and understanding relationships. Reading is thinking and learning. It's a form of communication. You wouldn't have children watch just any TV show or listen to any conversation just to get hooked on talking. You'd want the communication to be meaningful.[/quote]

Wow, I do teach 4th grade students in 2 public schools, and have never seen teachers give kids comic books to get them hooked on reading.   They read grade appropriate books.[/quote]

+1  My son is in a standard middle class elementary school, heading into 4th grade.  They are allowed to pick whatever they want out of the library for silent reading time, and certainly there are graphic novels (particularly Dog Man, etc.) being read during that time.  But the actual books the vasy majority of students read in class or assigned for homework are grade-level, content rich novels.  I'd love to know where these schools are that are having 4th graders read comic books.  My guess is they don't actually exist and people are making things up to suit their agenda.[/quote]

Our school has independent reading 3 days a week and during remedial time which includes MyON and picking books off shelves. It's part of daily five program. Read to self, read to someone, Listen to reading. It does exist as a program although I don't think it is particularly effective as children get older.[/quote]

I'm not saying that kids don't have independent reading.  I'm sure most schools do that and I'm sure in a lot of schools it can be any book at all.  I'm pushing back against the suggestion that some schools are "teaching" comic books as a hook for reading.
The teaching portion of reading (ie, your "read to someone, listen to reading parts) in my experience includes high quality grade appropriate books.[/quote]

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