my daughter is in kindergarden.. Her teacher said she tested her and she read a level A book and a level B book.. I saw a chart that said by the end of kindergarden all kids should read at level B and if they were advanced they would read level C..
I remember reading levels as "first grade 2 month" or something like that... reading level was grade and month.. and newspaper was written on grade 6 or something..
What is this new system??? Is this new reading level thing better?
This system coincides with guided reading levels. The founders of the guided reading method of teaching have book levels coded from A-Z. This has been around for 10+ years, but not all schools use the levels. We use guided reading but a different leveling for books.
It depends on the curriculum your school is using. It's not new it's just different. And it's really convenient when you are helping your daughter choose books at the library/bookstore, just ask her teacher for a list of recommendations, it's easy because it's all online, it's at her fingertips, she can just print it out and send it home!
These are very specific books that some teachers/schools/districts use, at least subscribe to for an annual fee. Our school uses them early on (kinder through 2nd grade) and they love them partly because they can print them and send them home, properly leveled for the student.
See here: http://www.readinga-z.com
What the levels are called is dependent on the curriculum they're using. You will still find books that list ages for levels but probably not in the school system. Companies that sell curriculum change it up every so often so that they can sell more books.
It just depends on what program/curriculum they're using. ABC has always been around and the other systems you're used to are still around.
At my son's school they use numbered systems. IE Level 1 is pre-reading Level 16 is the end of first grade.
Ask the teacher to give you some more information about how the letters correlate to what you already understand.
I'm not a teacher and I don't know when it changed, but the levels go A-Z. The teacher should be sending books home for your child to read to you, so you can see what "level B" looks like.
Our school does it by grade, like this: Just entering 3rd grade level? 3.0. almost at fourth grade level? 3.9. Of course it doesn't mean that IF you are in third grade you automatically are in the 3rd grade level. It is based on your personal progress.
It makes sense, and can be carried on year after year of progress.
I honestly think ANY effort to try and "equalize" kids will not work. Whether or not their grade level is high or low, kids will still know due to performance in class where kids are in their progress. ...and I haven't noticed any kids making a problem with knowing that.
Kids should be taught to be respectful and tolerant- it is the PARENTS' job to do this. I'm sick of things changing cause nobody wants anybody to get their feelings hurt. Truth is, no one will be at the same level all together regardless. That is life, and they need to know from a young age how to deal with it without being used to their environment changing to cater to them as IF being different is a bad thing. Diversity is great, and the more we try to change the way things are to try and make them EQUAL or neutral... the more confusing things will be AND diversity will still remain.
Um, think I went off on a tangent that could very well have been 100% irrelevant to the subject matter! oops! I am guilty of this majorly, I know.
i know this year in Utica Community Schools the supertenant change the levels know like the kids in 1st are expected to read 2nd to third grade levels. thats what i heard
you really need to get the info frm the teacher, there are so many different programs. Our school uses at least 3 at any one time, too.
I like the older system better but it hurts "self esteem" if a child finds out that they read at a 6 year old level and they are 8 and there has been suspected bullying for being a "smarty pants" when kids find out that a child is beyond the level they should be at.
Personally I don't think this system will stop any of this, the kids will still know who the smart ones are and who the slower ones are and nothing will change but they are trying.
That's not a standard system. My child's school (online, done at home) grades each specific reading skill on a rubric (or whatever) that ranges from 1 to 6, and each number for each skill is associated with different mastered qualities.
