You can drive yourself crazy with this stuff.
My ds now 11 has not been harmed by this thinking, I don't suspect.
In 2nd grade the school had accelerated reading program. The books had a point system. Read the book, take a test, get the points if you scored a 95% on the "comprehension" test. Most books at the 2nd grade level were at most 2 or 3 points. Some of the quick books (Captain Underpants) and such were 1 point or less. My son breezed through all the Rick Riordan series. Harry Potter series. And I forced him to read some classics Moby Dick, Oliver Twist. It was not hard to get him to read anything.
He blew the top score away from any previous year score. He didn't even have to try he just loved to read.We owned, bought or went to the public library to get them. He started the Hobbit that year but said it was toooo scary.
They cancelled the accelerated reader program the next year.
He was not the only kid reading above level. Most were not as intense but they were above 2nd grade level for sure. Another interesting thing was how catchy it was in class. Everyone wanted to read the same thing. My son was loaning out his books to a bunch of other kids.
BTW: they did cap your max reading level to the EOY for that grade through Elementary years. It made no sense to me. That was not going to be one of our battles though.
Last edited by mecreature; 01/21/14 08:55 AM.
