what grade level does your child read at??

Question

1.) I was just curious as to what grade level and how well other children can read??

2.) How much do your children like to read??

3.) What are some good books (on 7th grade level) for us to look for, to buy her to read???

My (step) Daughter is 9 years old, in 4th grade and is reading at a 7th grade level. She loves to read! We are constantly buying her new books to read.

Answer 1

At your local library, ask the head of department in the children's room. My daughter read 49 books this summer, and the librarian really helped bring new interesting series to her. The more they read, the higher grade level they will read at. Good luck!!

Answer 2

My son is 7.5 years old and in 2nd grade. His level hasn't been checked lately, but last spring he was reading at a 6th grade level. He loves to read and a book is one of the best gifts someone could give him.

Series of Unfortunate Events
Harry Potter
Chronicles of Narnia
Nancy Drew
Hardy Boys
Little Women
Spiderwick Chronicles
A Wrinkle in Time
Bunnicula

Do a web search for 7th grade AR lists and you'll get lots of ideas. (There is one at the link below.) Or talk to her school librarian.

My problem is finding stuff that the reading level is challenging but the subject matter is still OK for a child so young! Non-fiction is also a good option.

Answer 3

My kids were the same way. My oldest absolutely devoured every book handed to her. She was like a book sponge. She's read the classics: Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass, LOTR trilogy, C.S. Lewis (Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe series), Ann McCafferty stuff, oh anything really.

With my youngest it was more of a problem because she went to higher grade classes for reading but some of the topics weren't age-appropriate. The librarian was a great help in finding books that meshed with her reading level but weren't too intense for her age. That's the trouble with a discrepancy between age and reading level -- it gets to be hard to find books that are a perfect fit. This is why librarians are the best people to talk to when it comes to this problem.

Good Luck!

Answer 4

All children pick up reading and levels of reading at different times. Even in the same family some will go further than others.
I have three boys and each read at different levels and interest.
One boy just really took off - was always interested in reading and never stopped. In grade 3 he was reading at a grade 6 level and in grade 4 started reading Steven King and many novels like that - still does to this day and is now in 2nd year University of a 5 year program.
Second boy was never much of a reader but would read was interested him - but down and dirty *book* reading ... na not up his ally. He gets his reading in small doses from various places and give him the net and he's off like a flash. This one would go to school and in grade one would teach his teachers how to use the computer and by age 11 was tearing apart computers and putting them back together again better than they were before. Yep he had to read to learn about that but not from novels and things like that. This one is now in grade 12 and is ADHD
Third boy also was never a strong *book* reader - take it or leave it - and it was a struggle with him growing up to get him to do his studied and read his books for school homework. More like the second boy I described above. Today he is an IT Specialist and performs as a Tenor with the VOC in Victoria in BC - ya he has to learn scripts now for his parts lol
So learning comes in all forms and reading comes in all forms - levels can be reached in many ways. I guess it depends on what they like as to how much they read :-)

Answer 5

My son is in the 5th grade. He reads at a 9th grade level. He has been reading since he was 5 years old. He reads all the time. The school he attends is big into reading and making sure kids have time to read, so every morning they have D.E.A.R (Drop everything and read) time. They read quietly to themselves for 30 minutes any book they want. I don't have any ideas for books cause my son mostly reads, books that have to do with Star Wars, and War type things.

Answer 6

My son's also a 4th grader with a high reading level. His is between 4th & 7th now. On what to read, I let him choose. We hit the library weekly. Sometimes he reads easy books, like Captain Underpants (I wish this author would go fall into a volcano along with his books) or harder ones like Harry Potter. With your step-daughter, let her choose the books.

Ebay her books she no longer reads or donate them to the local library. Some daycares will take the used books too.

My son got his love of reading from me. I'm a voracious reader & can devour a book in one day or over a weekend. I've been reading to him since I was pregnant & continued until he was old enough to start reading on his own in Kindergarten.

Answer 7

My son is in 2nd grade and he reads in a grade of 4th grade. My son doesn't like to read that much, but only if it's a really good book. And a good book your child should read is Where the Red Fern Grows, Shiloh, Harry Potter, and you should visit this website for more good books at http://www.amazon.com. Good Luck!

Answer 8

my little sister is learning to read now, i could not read till 4th grade. but now i am in 11th grade andi read good enough to get into law classes if i wanted them. i tested out of the level 4 college reading class. my sister is in the 1st grade.

Answer 9

1st grade