Green Eggs and Ham

[HIU8]

I'm trying to get a bearing on DS's reading level. His school does not do levels (does not follow the county/state at all). I know some of his K work my friends DS is doing in 1st and some he did in K. My DS is doing 1st grade math (they put him in a higher class for math--he is where other 1st graders at his school are level wise). I researched and it seems that DS is well above in reading as well. FWIW, the teachers had talked about moving DS to 1st back in November and then decided not to. We meet again in a few weeks and I want to go in armed with a better idea of where my DS is academically (rather than this schools arbitrary placements).

So, what grade/reading level would you consider a book like Green Eggs and Ham? FWIW, DS is reading other books around the same length (the tag reading books minus the tag pen) slated for 5-8 yr olds (according to leap frog), as well as others I would consider similar to GE&H.

[carolinamama]

I don't really know the exact answer to your question, but my DS1 who is in K just started reading Green Eggs and Ham by himself within the last few weeks. I don't really consider him above his K level but I think he had reached all his benchmarks for reading last time I had a conference.

[Jo..]

I would consider Green Eggs and Ham pre-k or early k. Ages 4-just 5.

[HIU8]

This is what I would have thought in all honesty. But according to several sites it's listed as a second grade level (I'm assuming that is what 2.0 stands for since it's listed under the heading of second grade readers).

[JBaxter]

No way a 2nd grade level. I help out one day a week in Nathan's 2nd grade class and even children in the lower reading levels are ahead of that book. Early K is my opinion on a reading level.

[HIU8]

Again, I would assume this. I do not get how it's listed as a much higher level reader.

[Jo..]

The second grade level is ABSURD. My DS (who is an was an early reader, but lacks many other skills) chewed Green Eggs and Ham up and spit it out at age 3-4.

[JBaxter]

Nathan started Mutiny on the bounty. Now maybe its a Level 2 book but I have a hard time believing even that. Many of the 2nd graders are reading level 4 in his class but most are doing chapter books. Diary of a wimpy kid etc.

[AnnieW625]

For Green Eggs & Ham I would say kindergarten or first grade. Some kids are early readers and some are not so IMHO a grade level rating for a book is like an average; some kids in kinder/1st won't be able to read it, most kids will be able to read it, and a smaller segment of the kids it will be way below their grade level. My DD1 who couldn't read more than two or three words in a row at the beginning of the school year all of a sudden picked up reading during Christmas break and she
recently read us Green Eggs & Ham. Her reading skills were very surprising because one of the reasons we chose the school we did for her was that there wasn't a huge emphasis on repetition and reading like there would have been in public school (our school district used Open Court Reading).

I also think that books like Harry Potter and other non picture novels that adults can read easily should not be stressed on 3rd graders. In the 2-3 grade I loved the Charlie Brown comic books our school library had. While reading is important I think that we should let kids be kids and not stress that they really should be reading above grade level unless they really want to.

[kerridean]

The second grade level is ABSURD. My DS (who is an was an early reader, but lacks many other skills) chewed Green Eggs and Ham up and spit it out at age 3-4.

Um....the grade levels are determined by experts in their field....and thanks for insulting my KD child. Her teacher tells me is she ahead of peers in reading BTW. JEEZ! The children who read this book had most likely memorized the text. Most three year old children do not know how to read! This is WAY outside of the norms.