Re: [Understand] Chapter six?

[Janice Friesen]

I am really curious about this question.  Now that SO much reading is  
done online it is harder to "level" the reading and find just the  
right sites with the right reading level for the kids.  A friend of  
mine with lots of classroom experience said that when she started  
using the Internet kids read what they were really interested in and  
that they stretched to read passages that she would have thought too  
high for them.  What do you experience with your classes?

Janice

On page 149 Ellin argues for a more "moderate approach to book  
selection."
She says she understands how students who consistently read things  
that are too
 easy or too hard can lose interest in reading but also believes that
readability  formulas are very limited in utility and do not  
account for student
schema and  interest. What are your views on book selection and how  
do you handle
this in  your classroom? What is your belief system and how do you  
use what
you believe  to make decisions about what reading materials you use?

Janice Friesen
jani...@jfriesen.net

"An adult can't expect to teach a 6 year old how to
swim without getting wet."

We can't expect to effectively prepare students for their future  
education,
career, civic and personal activities without fully embracing Web 2.0 in
schools.

Quote from Nancy Willard in email




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