 Reading levels for children, are they slipping? |
| Josade_1 |
 Aug 5 2005, 08:02 PM
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Have the expectations for what children can read gone down since I was a child? My ds, 5, spent last yr in ps pre-k and had no desire to read. When he finished in June we started to work on his reading. Now he has all they sight words up to 3rd memorized and he is reading Charlie and the chocolate factory with only a couple of words missed. He goes to speech and they tested his reading level. They use the test for the Accelerated Reading programme they have in schools (I think that is the name of it). According to the test, he is at 4th grade level. It is really possilbe to go from reading nothing to 4th grade in 2 months, or has the standard of what a child is expected to read gone down?
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| Appliejuice |
Aug 5 2005, 08:47 PM
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QUOTE(Josade_1 @ Aug 5 2005, 09:02 PM) It is really possilbe to go from reading nothing to 4th grade in 2 months, or has the standard of what a child is expected to read gone down?  I don't know if the standard has gone down, but my oldest did just what your child did. He couldn't read, or very little, and then went up four grade levels in two months. Once it clicks it clicks.  |
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| krodriguez |
Aug 5 2005, 08:57 PM
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| quiltinmommy |
Aug 5 2005, 09:46 PM
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I can't wait for it to "click" with my daughter.... praying this is her year!
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| MomofBunbun |
Aug 5 2005, 10:28 PM
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QUOTE(quiltinmommy @ Aug 5 2005, 09:46 PM) I can't wait for it to "click" with my daughter.... praying this is her year! Me too!  When it does, I'll be like  .
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| quiltinmommy |
Aug 5 2005, 11:16 PM
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When reading clicks for my daughter.... I will be doing this.....
 and this....  and this.... 
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| hsbeliever |
Aug 6 2005, 12:59 AM
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Reading clicked with dc very suddenly and very early, and we have been counting our blessings ever since then.
 I don't think that standards have slipped at all. I actually think that kids are required to learn more at a faster pace and at earlier ages than ever before. This is largely due to the testing epidemic in our society. 
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| chocolatechic |
Aug 6 2005, 05:43 AM
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QUOTE(quiltinmommy @ Aug 6 2005, 12:16 AM) When reading clicks for my daughter.... I will be doing this..... and this.... and this.... That is what I was like when it clicked for Kirs.... |
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| Tressa |
Aug 6 2005, 08:03 AM
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I agree. It is very exciting when it happens!
Now that it has clicked with my daughter, I wish she would enjoy it. 
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| kpmom |
Aug 6 2005, 08:10 AM
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QUOTE(hsbeliever @ Aug 6 2005, 12:59 AM) I don't think that standards have slipped at all. I actually think that kids are required to learn more at a faster pace and at earlier ages than ever before. This is largely due to the testing epidemic in our society. That's the way I see it too. My younger son, who attends p.s., is learning things in K, and (especially) first that I didn't cover 'til 2nd or 3rd grade. And yes I believe the standardized tests are the reason. |
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| Nana |
Aug 6 2005, 08:41 AM
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 QUOTE(MomofBunbun @ Aug 5 2005, 09:28 PM) Me too! When it does, I'll be like .oh yeah can not wait Nana
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| Blaise |
Aug 6 2005, 10:26 AM
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Oh yeah... when my ds learned to read he just took off with it on his own. Now he can read and spell words that even my 12yo can't.
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| ahdarakjy |
Aug 6 2005, 11:16 AM
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My son did the same thing. He was eight when it finally kicked in. He went from crying about reading "See the cat" to reading The Hobbit on his own in about a month.
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| chocolatelover |
Aug 6 2005, 04:30 PM
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My DD did this too. She could barely read, and within a few months was reading 4th grade level. Now she is about 5th. She wants to read Shakespear and Cervantes.
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| mtbriere |
Aug 8 2005, 07:01 AM
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I agree with the comments made on ps requirements. My dc all attended their early years in ps. I think it is that the children all learn at such varying levels when they are that young. It isn't surprising to see one child reading prior to K and another not learning until the 1st.
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| morningstar |
Aug 12 2005, 01:17 PM
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Also take into consideration that development doesn't happen on a nice smooth incline. Children developing their gross motor skills may be stunted in another area and suddenly have a developmental boost.
My ds who is now 8 started to learn read when he was almost 6. He went from not wanting to read to reading at a 3rd grade level by the end of 1st grade. End of 2nd grade he was reading at almost 5th. I performed an informal reading inventory (ps reading specialists give these/I have the materials to do it at home) at the end of the year and confirmed it with having him tested using the Woodcock Johnson Test (This is a normed rather than standardized test). I'm not crazy about testing but it gives me an objective perspective on how my kids are doing. |
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