He appears to read aloud almost anything. However, the books he reads like the Danny DragonBreath series he can read in 2-3 sittings or about an hour, sometimes 2 which is really flying for him. The Horrible Science takes him a little longer. He has read 20 books since the start of school at about 20 minutes a day.
I agree with how the books look, but some of it is the formatting, especially with the Horrible Science Books. The ratings on the books also reflect what the teachers are expected to do with them (so they say). I looked up the books on scholastic book finder. Danny DragonBreath was given a DRA of 40 or 4.3 grade equivalent. The Horrible Science Books have grade level equivalents between 5.5 to 6.9. Nate the Great which he devoured last year has a DRA of 24 or a grade level equivalent of 2.2. So 20 has to be barely second grade.
I asked last year because he was struggling with the material he was given. This year he has been happier, but the disconnect seems worse. He was at 18 at the end of 1st. This year the teacher didn't want to tell us his reading level at all. We worked with him last year, and I didn't think he had trouble understanding the material as much as verbalizing a response within a time limit. Possibly even thinking of the material in that particular fashion, 5 finger retelling.
