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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To many it just means picking up a new book and reading it with little trouble, but without comprehension, it's not reading to me. I think a reader is a child who picks up new text, reads it, can retell it in detail (not just using pronouns), and can identify the theme/plot, the setting, and the message/what the author was trying to say. Anything short of that is just parlor tricks to me. Something to show Aunt June when she comes to visit. [/quote]

That would be grade 3 for some kids :-)[/quote]

That's sad. This is required by at least the end of 1st and many are doing in mid-1st grade. My K is doing this. She's was DRA 20 at the first parent teacher conference back in Nov. [/quote]

OK. My kid was reading all of the Wizard of Oz books in first grade and E. Nesbit in second grade, and she still couldn't have told you the theme or "the message/what the author was trying to say" to save her life. Parlor tricks, I guess.[/quote]

Without comprehension, reading is nothing more than tracking symbols on a page with your eyes and sounding them out. Imagine being handed a story written in Egyptian hieroglyphics with no understanding of their meaning. You may appreciate the words aesthetically and even be able to draw some small bits of meaning from the page, but you are not truly reading the story. The words on the page have no meaning. They are simply symbols. People read to understand. Understanding is always a part of the purpose. Without understanding, you are not reading.

[b]And if you kid was tested for reading level, he or she would not test on Wizard of Oz or E. Nesbit level, despite his/her ability to know the words because he/she does not understand or comprehend the book.[/b] [/quote]

NP here.  really?  my child read Wizard of Oz in kindergarten.  he was 5.  why do you think that a first grader wouldn't understand or comprehend the book?  My child certainly could, and discussed it in much detail.  likewise he read all the magic treehouse books when he was four and learned a ton about history and geography from them.[/quote]

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