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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am surprised by these answers! Our school expects children to be able to read a (short) novel by second grade and they do chapter books as whole-class read alouds starting in preschool.[/quote]

Our school expects kids to be able to read, but the kids in class don't all read the same book. In 2nd grade, DD was in a "book club" with 3 other kids reading the same book, and there were 2-3 other groups. Because DD was in the advanced reading group with longer chapters, they never even finished the book.  :roll: Just read as far as they could while the lower groups finished their assigned books, and then everyone moved on. I guess I don't really understand the value of doing it this way. I'd much rather they all (or 90%) read the same mid-level book together WITH THE TEACHER'S GUIDANCE, and answer questions together.[/quote]

Our school does both. They have in-class novels that are related to the core curriculum and then reading groups by level. So when my oldest was in second grade, the whole class was reading the Dover children's Gulliver's Travels and he was reading The Wizard of Oz in his reading group. [/quote]

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