Reading Skills Assessment

Earlier this week I decided to give Nik a reading skills assessment out of curiosity.  He seems to be reading really well, and I wanted to see if I was imagining things.  :-)

I used the first assessment in this article.  It doesn't assess reading comprehension, but it was free and quick, and I was only looking for a general idea anyway. 

So for the 3rd month of his kindergarten/1st grade combined year, Nik is reading at approximately a 2nd grade, 4th month level. 

I plan to use the assessment a couple of times throughout the year to see how he progresses.

Really Reading

For reading we decided to go with the free reading program by Tanglewood Eduction titled Really Reading.  Nik could already read when we started the program, but formal instruction in the sounds that vowels and certain consonant blends make has improved his reading dramatically.  If only we could conquer the lowercase "b" and "d" confusion we would be as good as gold.  We completed the program last week.  In 23 lessons, which took us just over one month, Nik is reading books like Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss.  It is soooo exciting to hear him reading "real" books!