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Originally Posted by hnoto
... If it is too hard, it is a "read-aloud," and someone reads it with her, stopping to discuss it frequently.
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Some eight or nine year-olds may be perfectly comfortable reading Narnia, or Verne's Mysterious Island, or the Wizard of Oz, or Heart, while some 12 year olds may find them too difficult. It really depends on the individual ability.
And 5 words per page may, or may not be, a problem. Some children are O.K. using a dictionary, some are not. In any case, it's a good habit to form (and often it's more accurate than an adult :-)