I don't know if this bothered anyone else, but the idea of the whole class sitting together (and with parents in the room) and reviewing where they are at in reading seems potentially embarassing for some of the kids - I know it would have bothered 2 out of 3 of my kids. When my kids were in K/1, reading was done in small groups so that similar-paced kids were together.
Yes this bothered me ... I thought to myself 'I really do not like the sound of this.' In my son's school reading in broken down into small groups also and a teacher/paraprofessional works with the children and they are with similarly-skilled peers. The children do their sight works individually and are assessed individually, etc. not with the entire class observing... The kids do compare somehwat because the 'levels' are different colors and they have all figured out the levels and know who is where although this is discoraged by the educators. The type of arrangement you described your son has to go through would have been problematic for my kiddo, I am pretty sure.
