We only had split groups in the first grade. Firstly, they limited the level of the book they would let me enter on artificially, so they pretty much already knew my reading level was past the last page of the book for starters. Secondly, it was obvious to every other kid in the class that I was the outlier, because I was the only one who started in a reading level that had an actual book as well as the workbook.
Thirdly, after several weeks of one-on-one reading aloud bliss, they made me start over at the beginning when the next highest group of kids caught up to that book, and I was supposed to act like I didn't already know all about the dog in his house and the red and green pairs of socks ARGH!
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We only had split groups in the first grade. Firstly, they limited the level of the book they would let me enter on artificially, so they pretty much already knew my reading level was past the last page of the book for starters. Secondly, it was obvious to every other kid in the class that I was the outlier, because I was the only one who started in a reading level that had an actual book as well as the workbook.
Thirdly, after several weeks of one-on-one reading aloud bliss, they made me start over at the beginning when the next highest group of kids caught up to that book, and I was supposed to act like I didn't already know all about the dog in his house and the red and green pairs of socks ARGH!