http://thek5.com/blog/2009/02/26/are-there-a-few-easy-tricks-to-see-if-a-book-is-too-easy-or-too-hard-for-my-kid-shes-in-4th-grade/ Advice to parents of elementary school-age children Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:01:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://thek5.com/blog/2009/02/26/are-there-a-few-easy-tricks-to-see-if-a-book-is-too-easy-or-too-hard-for-my-kid-shes-in-4th-grade/comment-page-1/#comment-270 The K5 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:00:29 +0000 http://thek5.com/blog/?p=795#comment-270 Jackie, Thanks for the comment. That's a terrific idea! Thanks for posting it. Jackie,
Thanks for the comment. That’s a terrific idea! Thanks for posting it.

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