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[quote=Anonymous]There is a box at the top of the Math and LA sections that can be checked if your child is receiving above grade instruction.

Your kids classroom will have its own library that kids can take books out of the read when they finish their work. The levels on those are probably easier then what DS can handle but the Teachers notice what books the kids pick up on their own. He would pick up mainly non-fiction books that interested him. This was noted in his GBRS. I actually dread library day because the books he brings home are below what he can read. He will finish the book in about 30 minutes to an hour. We have suggested that he ask the Libraria to help him find other books in his interest but he doesn't. I think the fact that he has a ton of books at home makes him care less.

I don't have a guide to reading books, let your child read what they want to read at home. DS gets books at Christmas that I think he might be interested in. I choose some from the scholastic book club for his grade and I choose some from the next grade up. I'll get the first book in a series and we see what hits. He is in Third Grade. He has been capable of reading chapter books like Harry Potter and Percy Jackson for a while but he was not been interested in reading those type of books. I asked him why and he said he still liked books with pictures. My solution? Find chapter books that still have some pictures, like the Danny Dragon Breath and Last Kids on Earth series. He is now reading the Land of Stories series on his own, we are reading Percy Jackson together because he still likes reading with us. I used the chapter books with some pictures as a bridge to regular chapter books.

For First Grade/Second Grade: He never got into Magic Treehouse but loved the Dragon Masters series. He read the 13 Story Treehouse series, Notebook of Doom, the Bad Guys, Super Turbo and Captain Underpants. I don't care what he is reading per se just that he is reading and enjoying it.

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