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She understood enough of LOTR to enjoy it.  [/quote]

That doesn't mean she necessarily understood much of it at all.  She could enjoy the cadence of your DH's voice and having snuggle time with her dad without understanding much of the book.  Lots of kids love sitting on a parent's lap and having books read to them, even if they don't understand anything.  If your DD's reading level was "only" 6 years ahead in K, then she flat out wasn't comprehending Lord of the Rings in pre-K.  Unless the kid passed some sort of reading comprehension test for LotR at age 4, then I call BS on any 4 year olds comprehending LotR.  [/quote]

No. She understood the story at age 4. She followed along day to day. This I am sure.

As far as school, we’ve been quite lucky. We have had a few bumps but that happens with a lot of kids.

Reading evaluations were 1:1 by graduate students and overseen by the head of the program. They used the letter system and were focusing on comprehension. [/quote]

I don't think you've read lord of the rings, which is why you don't seem to understand other people's skepticism.  Lord of the Rings is an adult novel with a lot of advanced diction and content.  It's nothing at all like reading Harry Potter at an early age, since Harry Potter is still a children's book.  You said earlier in the thread that your DD was independently reading Charlotte's Web around the same time.  There's such an absurdly huge gap between Charlotte's Web and Lord of the Rings that there's no way that a child with an independent reading level of Charlotte's Web is comprehending Lord of the Rings.  Your claim really is absurd.  [/quote]

I think if you cannot fathom a 4yo comprehending LOTR that’s probably a a result of your past experience. I guess the whole point of my first post was this. Having watched my dd comprehend the text easily when listening to it at age 4 I’m sure there must be a child out there who can read and comprehend it. I’m absolutely sure of it. I just checked and DD read the hobbit on her own shortly after turning 5 and that’s oddly a Lexile of 1000 (while the first LOTR is 800 similar to Harry Potter BTW) Reading levels are a funny thing. I’ve never put too much stock in them.

I think the tests were primarily guided reading but there were maybe other tests.

I doubt there are any questions after this that will compel me to come back and respond. Sorry this thread got derailed.[/quote]

Hon, I’m sorry. You don’t have a teaching background so you are actually confusing the educational term “comprehension” with your own parental view of “understanding the story”. This is frequently what happens when parents insist their child is reading on a higher level than the teacher says they are. They are two different things. On a DRA, for example, kids have to independently read a text at a certain level and answer comprehension questions about the text. That is what we are talking about in regards to comprehension. There is no way your daughter did this at age 4 and would have passed a DRA using LOTR. She did not comprehend the text in the strict sense we are talking about.

Quick question, are you Asian? [/quote]

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