RL>  SK>I suppose kindergarten, and possibly even first grade, are not times 
to
RL>    >nitpick. By third grade, in some contexts, it is long overdue IMO to
RL>    >stress reading for accuracy. It should be part of the curriculum for 
the
RL>    >teacher to introduce meaningful reading assignments in which the
RL>    >importance of accurate reading is clear to the students.
RL>  Aaah - but you see when I talk about teaching reading I am not talking
RL>  of third grade I am talking of kindergarten and grade one and spilling
RL>  over into grade two.
The thread about reading has been going on for some time, and I believed
it to be about reading instruction in the elementary grades. If you are
only going to talk about specific grades, please state so up front. As I
understand it, it is not all that uncommon for third graders to still have
difficulty with reading. I suppose it depends upon the environment, to
some extent.
Sheila
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