Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our kid didn't have any novels they read at home. At home reading was all for pleasure. They did read novels together at school. I think it was Wonder and Because of Win Dixie.

In 5th grade? They are reading books aloud in class?

My oldest continued to read aloud in class throughout middle school, kid you not. Thank goodness she was a voracious reader at home. Younger kid is likely heading to private school for 6th grade, mostly because of the lack of reading and writing expectations in public. It’s ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:There are way too many kids with reading problems to be assigned a novel; there is no differentiation in class in English elementary. If you assigned a novel, even something like BFG, a lot of kids wouldn’t be able to keep up reading on their own at home, and this would feel bad and fall behind.

That’s why APS has independent choice reading, it’s not like AAP where you have classes where everyone meets a basic level of reading proficiency. Maybe with push-in gifted those kids get suggestions on what to read.

No they track students into small groups, and some small groups are given a novel to read independently at home. So OP can just make sure their kids assigned to the graphic novel or no-novel groups.

There are way too many kids with reading problems to be assigned a novel; there is no differentiation in class in English elementary. If you assigned a novel, even something like BFG, a lot of kids wouldn’t be able to keep up reading on their own at home, and this would feel bad and fall behind.

That’s why APS has independent choice reading, it’s not like AAP where you have classes where everyone meets a basic level of reading proficiency. Maybe with push-in gifted those kids get suggestions on what to read.

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Anonymous wrote:Several? Fifth grade ended in March thanks to the pandemic but before that DD read the witch of blackbird pond, Fever (timely in but a good way, ha) and a couple others. I’m not sure if these were just for gifted or it was the whole class but I think they were for the whole class.

Sounds like this has to be gifted assignment. We only have 20 min read whatever. DS has read graphic novels so far.

I asked her, and she says she doesn’t remember. So you’re probably right.

I thought the grade read BFG all together at home, or maybe that just inspirational? DS is in 8th now so it’s foggy

Anonymous wrote:Several? Fifth grade ended in March thanks to the pandemic but before that DD read the witch of blackbird pond, Fever (timely in but a good way, ha) and a couple others. I’m not sure if these were just for gifted or it was the whole class but I think they were for the whole class.

Sounds like this has to be gifted assignment. We only have 20 min read whatever. DS has read graphic novels so far.

What school are you at? My current 5th grader at Discovery has had no assigned novels. They read nightly for homework, but its a choice book.

Several? Fifth grade ended in March thanks to the pandemic but before that DD read the witch of blackbird pond, Fever (timely in but a good way, ha) and a couple others. I’m not sure if these were just for gifted or it was the whole class but I think they were for the whole class.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our kid didn't have any novels they read at home. At home reading was all for pleasure. They did read novels together at school. I think it was Wonder and Because of Win Dixie.

That can’t be right. I had Book It! In 5th grade and read books like Little Women for pizza. I’m sure they assigned books too.

What are you disputing? They did not have assigned reading homework for required class novels. At home reading (20 mins every night) was any book of their choice/their pleasure book.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our kid didn't have any novels they read at home. At home reading was all for pleasure. They did read novels together at school. I think it was Wonder and Because of Win Dixie.

In 5th grade? They are reading books aloud in class?

Aloud? No, they read independently then get together in "book clubs" to discuss.

But no novel assigned to read at home? I guess that will work for us, no battles! And just 2? So she won’t likely fall behind then. Thanks!

Anonymous wrote:Our kid didn't have any novels they read at home. At home reading was all for pleasure. They did read novels together at school. I think it was Wonder and Because of Win Dixie.

That can’t be right. I had Book It! In 5th grade and read books like Little Women for pizza. I’m sure they assigned books too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our kid didn't have any novels they read at home. At home reading was all for pleasure. They did read novels together at school. I think it was Wonder and Because of Win Dixie.

In 5th grade? They are reading books aloud in class?

Aloud? No, they read independently then get together in "book clubs" to discuss.

Anonymous wrote:Our kid didn't have any novels they read at home. At home reading was all for pleasure. They did read novels together at school. I think it was Wonder and Because of Win Dixie.

In 5th grade? They are reading books aloud in class?

Our kid didn't have any novels they read at home. At home reading was all for pleasure. They did read novels together at school. I think it was Wonder and Because of Win Dixie.

My fourth grader is a very resistance reader, and only likes to be read too, brother than reading independently on her own. Next year next year getting her to read one novel this year was like pulling teeth. Will they be reading many novels on their own in fifth grade, as in teacher assigned but read at home on their own? How many do we have to expect?

I think if it is more than 2 I need to enroll her in a summer reading course or maybe hire a tutor. She has been evaluated for dyslexia and LD, just seems like some weird aversion to sitting alone in silence.