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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yep. My DS never received reading instruction on his level in ES. He was grouped with the above level kids starting in K. They only instructed them one grade level above even though my son was 3+ years above grade level. He actually increased his own reading level mostly by doing independent reading for the vast majority of time. By 5th grade, his teacher only met with his group once a week. [/quote]

So, did the rest of the kids catch up, or did he stay 3+ levels above?  If the latter, then obviously the teachers knew what they were doing, and met his needs.

Above level readers benefit from large amounts of independent reading.  It's what they need.  A good teacher respects that.  [/quote]

They still need engagement with their teachers. As a kid who was always in gifted programs, I can personally attest to this. [/quote]

Reading groups are one tiny portion of the kid's day.  As a teacher, and someone who would have qualified for the gifted program had we not moved around constantly, I can tell you that the kids at the top get more engagement than the other kids at every other piece of the school day.  Reading groups by third grade are a small portion of the day, which ensures that those kids who can't engage in the whole group lessons, because they're below the level of the text, or don't have the verbal skills to keep up, get some attention.  [/quote]

Tiny? My kid had reading groups for an hour a day every day throughout ES. So for 20 minutes out of five hours in a week, he was taught by his teacher in his group. Hardly tiny. [/quote]

So, 5/6 of the day he was getting attention?  [/quote]

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