DS7 (then age 6) came home from 1st grade every day with a book he was supposed to read. They were stuff he could have read 3 years earlier, and not even good, fun ones. frown I asked for better choices, but was rebuffed by the teacher...and not gently!

One book had the exact same text on every page with one word change. DS6 sighed sadly when he saw it. He was really disappointed. It broke my heart. He asked, "Can I just read the first page and each word that is different?"

I agreed. He finished quickly and ran off to read something more developmentally appropriate.

Sad! frown

Kriston