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[quote=Anonymous][quote]OP, how old are you? American girl at age 6-7? Anyway, those books are fine to read at home, but they aren't really books that a 1st grade teacher should be using in the classroom regardless of how good a student is. I'm not sure what you expect of schools today, but yesterday and today, the emphasis has always been on reading comprehension.[/quote]

I'm 25.  We didn't read American girls in class at age 6-7, I read them at home, or my parents read them to me (the boys wouldn't have been so into those books anyway!).  We also could read whatever we wanted during silent reading time (30 min a day all the way through elementary school) so if I wanted to bring in my American girl books or babysitters club books I was allowed to.  I'm just saying that I liked them, in response to the other poster's comment that Henry Huggins was inappropriate for 1st graders because the book is about a boy a few years older.  The advanced first grade reading group read Beverly Cleary's Henry Huggins in first grade.  You can argue about how appropriate this is, but it was maybe a third of the class that got pulled out to read Henry Huggins so that has been my benchmark for an advanced first grader, for the better or the worse.  The emphasis was definitely on reading comprehension, but at Lafayette in the '90s there were a lot of advanced readers.

We had library once a week where we were encouraged to pick out our own books and shared what we had been reading, and reading above grade level was encouraged, although not required.  I'm just saying that none of us ended up scarred for life for having this experience, and I know that I've always loved to read for pleasure.  I am just wondering if focusing on academics early is as detrimental as parents on this board make it out to be.[/quote]

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