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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ps. as a former K teacher, I would have said that your daughter scored at the top of the group--not "the" top.  The reason is that some parents would go bragging to other parents and that creates problems.[/quote]

NP here.  My teacher doesn't have to tell me that my kid is the top of the class with reading.  He's the only kid in his class -- actually the entire school -- who is reading fluently and reading complex chapter books.  No one else in his class is reading anywhere close to where he is.  those of us who have kids with exceptional abilities are quite aware of them.  [/quote]

how do you know every kid's reading ability in the whole school???[/quote]

The school is small - there are less than 15 kids older than my child.[/quote]

Still, why do you know every child's reading level?  My child was reading chapter books in preschool, and I can guarantee you know other parent knew that. [/quote]

I don't know every child's reading level, but I do know that no other child in my child's class is reading [i]at all[/i], and I have pushed for him to be teamed with a child or children from other classes or the grade above who is at a similar reading level and been told that there is no one.

I can't imagine how you can guarantee that no other parent knew that your child was reading chapter books in preschool.  Did you make him or her keep it a secret?  Did he or she not talk to other kids? Did the teacher not call on your child to read things to the class?  Since preschool I've had other parents ask me about my child's reading abilities -- what we did to encourage it, etc. (the answer is nothing short of reading to him) - because they have seen him before school or during class in the reading nook with a chapter book he's bought in from home reading to himself or to a group of other children, or helping point out sight words to other kids.  Most recently a couple of his friends' parents have told me that their kids told them that they want to learn to read "like [my child]".  Particularly last year, I can't imagine that anyone who spent time in his PS classroom didn't notice that he was reading fluently - but I guess if a child is taught to be ashamed of their reading or to hide it it might not be so obvious.

Anyway, to get back to OPs question -- I tend to work with my child outside of school to increase comprehension.  I ask him about what he's read -- who the main characters are, what is his favorite part, what has happened so far or what the book is about (if he's finished it), what he thinks might happen next, how this book compares to books in the same series etc etc.  I try not to make it too taxing because at times it's clear that he just wants to read.  Also, I let him pick his own books, so sometimes it's a picture book aimed at kids his age or younger, and sometimes it's a [b]book at a 5th grade reading level[/b] with lots of text and complex story lines aimed at kids much older than him.  He reads alone, but occasionally he'll sit with me and we'll alternate reading different pages.  To be honest, I wish they'd do more at school but they seem content that his comprehension is on a par with his reading ability.  [/quote]

I'm impressed.  What types of 5th grade books did your son read and how old is he?[/quote]

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