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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The range of pre-reading abilities in K is enormous. Some don't know their letters, some can read fluently.

My oldest did not read in K, and then suddenly started reading Harry Potter in first grade. Huge leap.
My 4 year old is deciphering early readers in preschool, but that is not a guarantee she will be reading by K.

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Sorry, total BS. No reading at all to Harry Potter novels in less than a year? No way. [/quote]

You have no idea. Once it clicks, it clicks. For my son that was when he was almost four. He [b]could easily have read Harry Potter books [/b]within six months, but his [b]comprehension wasn't as advanced[/b]. For a smart first grader it's not a stretch at all to go from nothing to Harry Potter in the space of a year.[/quote]

Then he could have "decoded" most of Harry Potter, but he could not have read most of Harry Potter.  Reading is not a separate entity from comprehension.  They are the same things, related.  [/quote]

Exactly!  Reading a book correctly means reading the words and understand what they mean. Understanding what may or could happen.  Realizing sarcasm, metaphors, foreshadowing, irony etc..    No 7 year old could truly understand the ins and out of the Harry Potter novel at that age.  And honestly, I am not sure why people equate smart to having to grow up too fast.  Just because your child is reading at a middle school level doesn't mean they should be reading books about middle or high school school kids at age 7. [/quote]

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