Reading history - 1st grade
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vcmwI learned to read over the summer - my mom spent a lot of time working with me, reading beginning books with me.
In 1st grade, I could read fluently. Like, chapter books on a 6th grade level fluently.
I read Doctor Dolittle (the whole series - there are a lot of them), the complete Grimm's fairy tales, the complete Andersen fairy tales (which I didn't like nearly as much), a bunch of Greek mythology for children, Elizabeth Winthrop's The Castle in the Attic, which the teacher gave me to read and I loved, Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the Dana Girls, some kind of kid psychic detective books my gramma bought me, Conan the Barbarian and Doctor Strange comics of my moms, The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov.
I'm still grateful to the principal of that school, who went on to be some kind of area superintendent. I got sent to her office at the beginning of 1st grade for rude, disruptive behavior. She did all these tests on me in her office and figured out I could read really well and everything, and I didn't have to have regular classes pretty much ever again until 7th grade. She was really nice - I used to buy her presents when she visited my other schools later on - her name was Ms. Barone, I believe.
In 1st grade, I could read fluently. Like, chapter books on a 6th grade level fluently.
I read Doctor Dolittle (the whole series - there are a lot of them), the complete Grimm's fairy tales, the complete Andersen fairy tales (which I didn't like nearly as much), a bunch of Greek mythology for children, Elizabeth Winthrop's The Castle in the Attic, which the teacher gave me to read and I loved, Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the Dana Girls, some kind of kid psychic detective books my gramma bought me, Conan the Barbarian and Doctor Strange comics of my moms, The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov.
I'm still grateful to the principal of that school, who went on to be some kind of area superintendent. I got sent to her office at the beginning of 1st grade for rude, disruptive behavior. She did all these tests on me in her office and figured out I could read really well and everything, and I didn't have to have regular classes pretty much ever again until 7th grade. She was really nice - I used to buy her presents when she visited my other schools later on - her name was Ms. Barone, I believe.
