Has anyone else found that the Richmal Crompton books, while absolute bliss and joy for me, are quite a tough read for a 9 year old? Or has my DS just performed a Confundus charm on his teacher to achieve what I thought was a perfectly respectable end-of-Y4 reading level of 4B?
When we really come down on a word-by-word basis to the vocab, I find there are heaps of words he doesn't know - and some of the sentences bog him down a bit as well, with lots of subclauses and elegant but complicated constructions.
It's quite possible that my experience is not uncommon, so would be interested to know how others have found these books - particularly when reading them at the same age - he's starting Y5 in September. On the other hand, maybe he needs a bit of a shove.
Interested in your opinions.
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MrsSteptoe · 06/08/2012 11:27
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