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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 5th grade AAP kid went from enjoying reading to telling me language arts is his least favorite part of the day :(

I don’t know if it’s the age, the teacher, the curriculum, but this year has been really rough.[/quote]

Same with my AAP third grader. We have been getting a lot of library books over the years and he was reading like crazy until around February. Now, reading is "boring" and "benchmark sucks".[/quote]

I don't think you can blame this on the ELA curriculum at the school. I think this is the age - you have a third grade boy. Of course he's not interested in reading anymore. Sounds like you need to step up as a parent and take him to the library more, find him more interesting books. My third grading recently started reading Manga, the Fairfax county libraries have huge sections and the librarians are so good at helping kids find the perfect books for their interests. Try it.[/quote]

Did you even read what the PP wrote?  "We have been getting a lot of library books". Your response: "Sounds like you need to step up as a parent and take him to the library more."

Goodness...let's spread some more blame.

There are numerous studies that show reading for pleasure every day helps to increase literacy. When I taught middle school in a former life, we built in 20 minutes of whole school daily SSR for that reason. If it's no longer happening in elementary, that is sad :( There is absolutely value to it.[/quote]

Two of my children are in an FCPS elementary school and they both get free reading time. PP was complaining that the children weren't assigned "novels" to read in school. I have kids in 3-9 and none of them ever had assigned novels. They all have had (and continue to have) free reading time in school where they read their library books.[/quote]

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