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[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.

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."

I'll throw in what my DC learned back in ES.

At the beginning of each year, there would be some testing for most kids to assign a reading group.

DC's testing never occurred like the others, although sometimes other kids weren't tested either, the classroom wasn't set up to test that far ahead.

Because of what DC was reading the year before, the teacher would ask DC to read from a MS/HS level book.

After maybe 60 seconds, DC would be sent back to their seat with the words, you will be your own group.

DC said she never met with the teacher like the kids that had a group but the teacher would have less than 60 second conversations with her about reading.

Sometimes these would be at recess, sometimes they would be on the walk to lunch.

Sometimes they would just be book recommendations but often DC felt they were interesting questions she was supposed to think about and answer next time.

Once DC got the message, she would approach the teacher with an answer or her own question pretty much every day.

This wasn't just one teacher one year that did this.  DC is in college now and has never given up this questioning the teacher process.

Some teachers hate it because they don't have answers.  Others have written end of the year notes praising DD's interest and how it made their day each time she approached them.

Learning happens at all times and in all sorts of ways.[/quote]

IMO learning should happen deliberately, not as the teacher walks the class to lunch. The bright kids are being ignored and told to go read a book. Yeah, he can do that at home. Teach him at (or close to his level). The fact that people just accept it makes it okay but it's not okay IMO.[/quote]

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