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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not the pp, but why she had to mention one kid reads at the 6th grade level. There must have been dozens coming in at  the 2nd grade level, no? Did all of those have comprehension issues?[/quote]

Part of comprehension is using ones background knowledge and life experience to interpret and understand more fully what one is reading.  5 years olds simply do not have the background knowledge nor life experience to understand fully.

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I think a great example of this is "The Phantom Tollbooth".  I have read it several times, once in early elementary, once in HS and once as an adult to my early elementary school student.  Every time I come away with a completely different experience.  The same thing happened to me when I read the Little House books as an adult.  I totally romanticized Laura and Mary's lives as a child- I simply did not have the life context with which to interpret what their experience actually was.   It doesn't mean children shouldn't read books well above their age, but it means that their understanding will be limited.

There is so much more to many stories than knowing the basic character development and plot of a book. [/quote]

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