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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child started immersion in preschool 3, with two years of full immersion.  Now in first grade, she tests at T (fifth grade) for English, and M (early 2nd grade) for Spanish.  I don't think that immersion has had any affect on her reading level in English at all, but I am very happy that she is starting to be Spanish-literate as well.[/quote]

I'm just curious--what were her tested reading levels in English and Spanish at the end of K?[/quote]

Kindergarten was full immersion, so they did not do anything in English, and I don't believe they tested in Spanish for anything other than sight words, which she always knew before the test.  She could read Biscuit type books (F) at the beginning of the year and Frog and Toad type (K) near the end.  Over the summer, she really spiked.  Her English comprehension has always been amazing, so she just needed to get past a fluency hurdle when reading more complicated vocabulary.  As for Spanish, she was a fluent reader by the end of Kindergarten, but comprehension remained (and remains).  They brought in first grade Spanish books for her, which were at her level.  I'm thinking there will always be slow and steady Spanish progress, as there is no fluency hurdle (Spanish is much easier to read) and she doesn't get anywhere near as much exposure to Spanish vocabulary as to English.[/quote]

Thanks, this is helpful.

-OP[/quote]

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