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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When you switch them to private.

My oldest went all the way through an FCPS elementary and never had a whole class novel. We switched to private when my youngest was in 3rd. Whole class novels are often read alouds for the younger kids, and they all do reading responses as a class. As they transition out of primary grades, it's read in class and then respond. By middle school it's read at home and write essays.[/quote]

[b]That's not true.[/b] My 4th grader is in Fairfax County Public Schools and the teacher read Because of Winn Dixie with the class this year - there was an excerpt in the Benchmark curriculum and they decided to read the entire novel as a read aloud.[/quote]

Ok, in FCPS one book is read by grade 4. Sounds like a great education to me![/quote]

I think they should read more, but there is one poster on DCUM that goes on and on about how much she hates Benchmark and kids don't read books anymore and blah blah blah and my kids both read the same book in 4th in two different schools. One before Benchmark and one after Benchmark.

Anyway, no, my kids aren't reading nearly as many books as I would like for them to read in school, but we make up for that with a LOT of books from the library. I've started my 6th grader on books that I read in school as a child - she just finished Bridge to Terabithia and The Secret Garden. Next up is probably A Wrinkle in Time or Where the Red Fern Grows.[/quote]

What books were or are on your list for each grade 2nd - 6th? Any books you had them read you would actually not recommend?[/quote]

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