My DD and DS also at the similar reading at 3rd grade. However they both did not get in the CES through lottery and end up with the ELC at local school. They did not use benchmark in the class and using the junior great books, which is the same as CES.

Anonymous wrote:Title says it all. Student is in a full immersion MCPS program. We were warned to expect lagging MAP-R scores but these are...not lagging. MCPS has never provided any meaningful interpretation of these scores.

What is the appropriate intervention, if any, for a rising 4th grader reading at what appears to be the 10th-11th grade level in English (without any formal instruction conducted in English)?

We are committed to the immersion program, so principally are wondering what whether there is stuff we should be advocating for (or specific programs we should be seeking out or preparing for outside of MCPS).

Anonymous wrote:My rising 4th grader had a similar score.
Give them advanced writing prompts to further develop their writing for enrichment.
I also like IXL (we pay for a family subscription) which provides math and reading enrichment opportunities across all grade levels.
Agreed about finding books that are level and content appropriate for this age.

Is the IXL family subscription different from what you get through the MCPS account?

How is the English content? I thought it was only math. TIA!

-NP

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Anonymous wrote:My son is the same and I was just advised to keep him reading which isn’t hard. I just get him books that are advanced but I let him read all levels. He has a love of reading and I don’t want to squash that. The biggest struggle is finding books that are challenging but are appropriate content wise.

My rising 4th grader got a 236 on the reading MAP, which I think it close to your child’s score. The biggest issue we have is that the books she thinks are interesting often have inappropriate things in them. I basically have to pre-read everything before I let her read something (and I am not super strict but there are some things that I do not are appropriate for a 9 yo).

Stick to "middle grade" books or classics which are mostly aimed at middle schoolers but tend to be fine for upper elementary as well. Some of the other YA titles or adult titles delve into topics that are either inappropriate for 9/10yos or themes that they just won't be able to relate to.

Anonymous wrote:My son is the same and I was just advised to keep him reading which isn’t hard. I just get him books that are advanced but I let him read all levels. He has a love of reading and I don’t want to squash that. The biggest struggle is finding books that are challenging but are appropriate content wise.

My rising 4th grader got a 236 on the reading MAP, which I think it close to your child’s score. The biggest issue we have is that the books she thinks are interesting often have inappropriate things in them. I basically have to pre-read everything before I let her read something (and I am not super strict but there are some things that I do not are appropriate for a 9 yo).

Anonymous wrote:My son is the same and I was just advised to keep him reading which isn’t hard. I just get him books that are advanced but I let him read all levels. He has a love of reading and I don’t want to squash that. The biggest struggle is finding books that are challenging but are appropriate content wise.

You don’t have to try for super challenging books. Try for greater diversity in genre and content. This usually introduces varied vocabulary, themes, attitudes, length, etc., These will in turn provided opportunity for varied discussion, inference and prediction, ability to compare/contrast, etc. Also try for increased book length as that will develop reading stamina.

Thanks, all!

My rising 4th grader had a similar score.
Give them advanced writing prompts to further develop their writing for enrichment.
I also like IXL (we pay for a family subscription) which provides math and reading enrichment opportunities across all grade levels.
Agreed about finding books that are level and content appropriate for this age.

I just went back and looked at the Lexile score that my full immersion kid had at the same age and it's roughly the same. All I'd say is to continue reading, in both English and the target language, but to recognize that the higher Lexile books also bring more mature content. So, your child might be able to decode and answer questions about higher level books, but might not be ready for the emotional or sexual content.

As for what MCPS will do for you? Depending on the teacher, they might create a higher level reading group in the target language, but your best bet is to work on narrowing the gap between English reading level and target language reading level, so I'd try to find more like 600/700 level books in the target language (for example, the Percy Jackson books).

It’s on the bottom of the MAP report which is provided through ParentVue.

You won’t be able to access ELC at an immersion school, so there is no program to ask for. There is no accelerated or advanced ELA for middle schools. (Everyone is in a class called Honors, but if everyone is in it, it’s just ELA.).

So MCPS has nothing to offer your kid.

How do you k ow your child’s Lexile score? I also have a rising 4th grader in MCPS and that has never been shared with us.

My son is the same and I was just advised to keep him reading which isn’t hard. I just get him books that are advanced but I let him read all levels. He has a love of reading and I don’t want to squash that. The biggest struggle is finding books that are challenging but are appropriate content wise.

Title says it all. Student is in a full immersion MCPS program. We were warned to expect lagging MAP-R scores but these are...not lagging. MCPS has never provided any meaningful interpretation of these scores.

What is the appropriate intervention, if any, for a rising 4th grader reading at what appears to be the 10th-11th grade level in English (without any formal instruction conducted in English)?

We are committed to the immersion program, so principally are wondering what whether there is stuff we should be advocating for (or specific programs we should be seeking out or preparing for outside of MCPS).