No shade at putting fingers under the words as they go, sometimes with some fonts and especially fine print it can be easy for your eye to jump up or down a line.
Comment on New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels
Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 months ago6th grade is what? 10 years old.
I wouldn’t expect them to be reading War and Peace, but they should be able to easily read The Hobbit or Harry Potter.
They’re not on Spot the Dog, or putting their fingers under the words as they go.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Chunk@lemmy.world 11 months ago
6th grade in the states is 12-13. 10 years old is about 4th grade.
CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 11 months ago
6th grade is 11. Unless you have a weird birthday or got held back High School starts around 13-14 years. Maybe you started late? That benefits a lot of kids but most kids graduate highschool at 17/18 not 20.
Metacortechs@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Don’t think so, I have a 9 year old who turns 10 in February in the 4th grade in the US.
Chunk@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Or I misremembered. Sometimes your fellow commenters on Lemmy make mistakes.
CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Definitely happens.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Oh, I was thinking it would be the same as the UK system.
Even better then. I was reading Lord of the Rings by that age.
Pipoca@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Looking up the lexile scores, LOTR is written at a 5th or 6th grade level. Same with most of the Harry Potter series.