First grade reading level

[pixijal]

My daughter is in first grade, and does very well.  I recently asked the teacher about putting her in the enrichment program, and she said she would see what could be done.  In the meantime, I find out that some of her classmates are reading CHAPTER books.  Seriously?  My daughter reads very well, but chapter books?  They are six!  There are only 15 kids in her class, and she goes to a private catholic school, but really?  

What does your first grader read?????

[RockRose]

By "chapter books",  what specifically do you mean?  Are you talking about things like Junie B Jones, or are you talking about books that are aimed at a higher reading level?

[mom@homenow]

My son is in first grade and he can read chapter books at a level like the Henry and Mudge series. I'm not sure if he could get through Junie B Jones yet or not on his own.  He is an average reader in his class, in the middle group. He is not behind grade level (I'm told) but not one of the better readers in the class. I know there are others in his class who are reading at a much higher level than he is. He loves for me to read to him, but he isn't one to pick up a book on his own. So for now he just reads to me every night for 10-15 minutes before I read to him. I hope that soon he starts wanting to read things without my prompting, but meanwhile I don't push him to do beyond that because I don't want to turn him off to it.